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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| Galten Islands (AUS) | 66° 22' 51.4" S | 56° 25' 54.9" E | Island |
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Name ID: 1035
Place ID: 5087
Two small islands separated by a narrow channel about 18 m wide in the eastern part of Magnet Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Galten (The Boar). First visited by an ANARE party led by Bruce H. Stinear in September, 1957. |
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| Galten Islands (RUS) | 66° 20' 00.0" S | 56° 25' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 118114 Place ID: 5087 | |||
| Galten Islands (USA) | 66° 23' 00.0" S | 56° 25' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 125505
Place ID: 5087
Small group of islands in the E part of Magnet Bay, 10 mi W of Cape Davis. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition. 1936-37, and called Galten (the boar). First visited in 1957 by an ANARE party led by B.H. Stinear. |
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