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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| Franklin Island (NZL) | 76° 05' 00.0" S | 168° 19' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 113336
Place ID: 4921
An island about 12 miles long lying in a north-south direction and about 6 miles wide, which lies in the Ross Sea about 80 miles east of Victoria Land and about 60 miles north of Cape Bird on Ross Island. It is about 243m high and is covered by a thin ice-cap. Discovered on 27 January 1841 by Ross, and named for Sir John Franklin, the noted Artic explorer who, as Governor of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), had royally entertained the expedition on its way south at Hobart in 1840. |
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| Franklin Island (RUS) | 76° 05' 00.0" S | 168° 20' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 118075 Place ID: 4921 | |||
| Franklin Island (USA) | 76° 05' 00.0" S | 168° 19' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 125368
Place ID: 4921
An island 7 mi long, lying in the Ross Sea about 80 mi E of Cape Hickey, Victoria Land. Discovered on Jan. 27, 1841 by Ross, and named for Sir John Franklin, the noted Arctic explorer, who as Governor of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) had royally entertained the expedition on its way south at Hobart in 1840. |
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