Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
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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| Dream Island (GBR) | 64° 44' 00.0" S | 64° 14' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 108564
Place ID: 3868
W side of Wylie Bay, S Anvers Island, following survey by FIDS from "Arthur Harbour", 1956-57, was so named because of the island's natural features of a cave and, in summer, a small waterfall with patches of grass (Deschampsia antarctica) and moss (APC, 1959a, p.6; BA chart 3572, 12.viii.1960). |
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| Dream Island (USA) | 64° 44' 00.0" S | 64° 14' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 124518
Place ID: 3868
Island lying 1 mi SE of Cape Monaco, off the SW coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Surveyed by the British Naval Hydrographic Survey Unit in 1956-57. So named by the UK-APC because among the island's natural features are a cave and, in summer, a small waterfall, with mossy patches and grass. |
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