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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| Dustin Island (RUS) | 72° 40' 00.0" S | 95° 00' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 117815 Place ID: 3984 | |||
| Dustin Island (USA) | 72° 34' 00.0" S | 94° 48' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 124605
Place ID: 3984
An island about 18 mi long, lying 15 mi SE of Cape Annawan, Thurston Island. The feature forms the SE limit of Seraph Bay. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd and other members of the USAS in a flight from the Bear on Feb. 27, 1940. Named by Byrd for Frederick G. Dustin, member of the ByrdAE, 1933-35, and mechanic with the USAS, 1939-41. |
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