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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| Flutter Island (AUS) | 68° 33' 20.2" S | 77° 58' 07.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 891
Place ID: 4758
An irregular-shaped island, almost cut in two, about 3 km north of Davis station in the Vestfold Hills. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). |
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| Flutter Island (RUS) | 68° 33' 00.0" S | 77° 58' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 118031 Place ID: 4758 | |||
| Flutter Island (USA) | 68° 33' 00.0" S | 77° 58' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 125226
Place ID: 4758
An irregular-shaped island, almost cut in two, lying in Prydz Bay between Trigwell Island and Breidnes Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. First mapped from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) as two islands. Remapped as a single island by ANARE (1957-58) and named for Maxwell J. Flutter, officer in charge at Davis Station in 1958. |
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