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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| Duke of York Island (NZL) | 71° 38' 00.0" S | 170° 04' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 113198
Place ID: 3941
A steep stratified island, 2 1/2 miles long in a north-south direction, near the southern end of Robertson Bay, along the north coast of Victoria Land. It rises to a height of 555m, and is remarkable for its layers of blue, red and green rock. Broad, deep quartz reefs cut through the island from east to west. It was first charted in 1899 by the BAE, 1898-1900, who named it for HRH the Duke of York. |
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| Duke of York Island (USA) | 71° 38' 00.0" S | 170° 04' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 124569
Place ID: 3941
A mountainous ice-free island, 2.5 mi long, lying in the S part of Robertson Bay, along the N coast of Victoria Land. First charted in 1899 by the BrAE under C.E. Borchgrevink, who named it for the Duke of York. |
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