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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| Esplin Islands (GBR) | 67° 45' 00.0" S | 69° 00' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 108711
Place ID: 4342
rising 6m above sea level NW of Adelaide, were charted by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit from John Biscoe in 1963 and named after Sub-Lieut. (later Capt.) Christopher John Esplin-Jones, RN (b.1940), a member of the survey unit (APC, 1964, p.3; BA chart 3577, 14.viii.1964). |
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| Esplin Islands (USA) | 67° 45' 00.0" S | 69° 00' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 124887
Place ID: 4342
Group of two small islands and off-lying rocks lying NE of Box Reef, off the S end of Adelaide Island. Named by the UK-APC for Sub. Lt. Christopher J. Esplin Jones, RN, a member of the RN Hydrographic Survey Unit which charted this group in 1962-63. |
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