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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| Empereur Island (RUS) | 66° 48' 00.0" S | 141° 23' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 117886 Place ID: 4239 | |||
| Empereur Island (USA) | 66° 48' 00.0" S | 141° 23' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 124817
Place ID: 4239
Rocky island 1 mi N of Cape Margerie, lying immediately N of Breton Island in the entrance to Port Martin. Photographed from the air by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47. Charted by the FrAE under Liotard, 1949-51, and so named because the first emperor penguin captured by the expedition was taken on this island. |
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| Empereur, Île de l' (FRA) | 66° 48' 00.0" S | 141° 23' 30.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 107290
Place ID: 4239
Île rocheuse située au large du cap de Margerie et au nord de Port-Martin ; nom donné en souvenir du premier manchot empereur qui fut capturé là. |
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