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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| East Ongul Island (RUS) | 69° 01' 00.0" S | 39° 36' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 117833 Place ID: 4034 | |||
| East Ongul Island (USA) | 69° 01' 00.0" S | 39° 35' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 124648
Place ID: 4034
An island, 1 mi long, lying immediately E of the N part of Ongul Island at the E side of the entrance of Lutzow-Holm Bay. This island was originally mapped as a part of Ongul Island by Norwegian cartographers who worked from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. A strait separating this island from Ongul Island was discovered in 1957 by the JARE. They named this small island for its position with relation to Ongul Island. |
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| Higasi-Ongul Tô (JPN) | 69° 00' 35.0" S | 39° 35' 30.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 112325
Place ID: 4034
An island lying in the northeastern part of Lützow-Holmbukta. This island was originally mapped as the northeastern part of Ongul by Norwegian cartographers who worked from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. A strait (see Naka-no-seto) separating Ongul into two islands was discovered in 1957 by JARE. They named Higasi-Ongul Tô (east Ongul island). |
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