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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| Dumont d'Urville /Fr./ (RUS) | 66° 40' 00.0" S | 140° 01' 00.0" E | Station |
| Name ID: 117802 Place ID: 3947 | |||
| Dumont d'Urville Station (USA) | 66° 39' 46.0" S | 140° 00' 04.0" E | Station |
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Name ID: 135988
Place ID: 3947
A year-round station operated by France opened in 1956 - Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP), May 18, 2006. |
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| Dumont-d'Urville, Base (FRA) | 66° 40' 00.0" S | 140° 00' 46.0" E | Station |
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Name ID: 107282
Place ID: 3947
Située dans la partie centrale de l'archipel de Pointe-Géologie ; nom donné en l'honneur de Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842), capitaine de vaisseau, commandant l'expédition française au pôle austral et dans l'Océanie (1837-1840), qui découvrit la terre Adélie le 19 ou le 20 janvier 1840. |
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