Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Emeline Island (GBR) | 62° 23' 29.3" S | 59° 47' 35.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 108674
Place ID: 4223
one of the Aitcho Islands, English Strait, was photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956-57; in association with the names of nineteenth-century sealers in this area, named after the American sealing ship Emeline (Capt. Jeremiah Holmes, Holmes Rock, q.v.), which visited the South Shetland Islands, 1820-21, operating from Clothier Harbour (APC, 1962, p.12; BA chart 1774, 19.vii.1968). Emmeline [sic] Island (BA, 1974, p.165). |
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| Emeline Island (USA) | 62° 24' 00.0" S | 59° 48' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 124803
Place ID: 4223
One of the Aitcho Islands, lying 2 mi NW of Cecilia Island in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the UK-APC in 1961 after the American sealing vessel Emeline (Capt. Jeremiah Holmes) from Stonington, CT, which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21 and operated from nearby Clothier Harbor. |
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