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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| Frazier Islands (AUS) | 66° 13' 37.6" S | 110° 09' 57.2" E | Island |
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Name ID: 819
Place ID: 4929
A group of islands in the eastern part of Vincennes Bay, about 17 km WNW of Casey Station. The eastern island of the Group (Nelly Island) has several rookeries of giant petrels. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and first visited by an ANARE party led by Phillip Law on 21 January, 1956. |
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| Frazier Islands (RUS) | 66° 13' 00.0" S | 110° 11' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 118077 Place ID: 4929 | |||
| Frazier Islands (USA) | 66° 13' 00.0" S | 110° 10' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 125376
Place ID: 4929
A group of four rocky islands in the eastern part of Vincennes Bay, 8 mi WNW of Clark Peninsula. The islands were first photographed from the air by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47. Named by US-ACAN for Cdr. Paul W. Frazier, USN, navigator and projects officer with USN Operation Windmill which visited this area in January 1948, who later served as operations officer with USN OpDFrz I at Little America V. |
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