Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Andrée Island (GBR) | 64° 31' 00.0" S | 61° 30' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 107521
Place ID: 376
in Recess Cove, Danco Coast, following air photography by FIDASE and ground surveys by FIDS from Portal Point 1956-59, was named, in association with the names of aviation pioneers grouped in this area, after Salomon August Andrée (1854-97), Swedish engineer, who died on Kvitøya, Svalbard, after an attempt to fly over the North Pole by balloon (APC, 1960, p.2; BA chart 3566, 25.viii.1961). Isla Andrée (Argentina. AA, 1991 p.3) |
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| Andrée Island (USA) | 64° 31' 00.0" S | 61° 31' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 121815
Place ID: 376
Island lying in Recess Cove, Charlotte Bay, off the W coast of Graham Land. Mapped by the FIDS from air photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Salomon A. Andree (1854-97), Swedish engineer who attempted to fly over the North Pole by balloon in 1897, perishing in the attempt. |
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| Andrée, isla (ARG) | 64° 31' 00.0" S | 61° 30' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 100089
Place ID: 376
En bahía Carlota, costa occidental de la península Antártica. Fue bautizada en memoria de Salomon August Andreé (1854-1897) ingeniero sueco que intentó volar sobre el Polo Norte en 1897, pereciendo en el intento. SHN carta H-714. |
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