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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| Gand Island (GBR) | 64° 24' 00.0" S | 62° 51' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 108962
Place ID: 5099
in Dallmann Bay, Palmer Archipelago, was roughly charted by BeAE, 30 January 1898, and named Île Gand after the Belgian town Gand (Gent) which subscribed towards the expedition (Lecointe, map, 1899; Gerlache, 1900, p.420). Gand Island (BA chart 1238, viii.1900; APC, 1955, p.10; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). Grand [sic] Island (Cook, 1900, p.148). Île de Gand (Lecointe, 1905, p.69). Gand Ö (HA chart, 1928). Isla Gand (Chile. DNH chart LI, 1947; Pierrou, 1970, p.382; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.134). The island was photographed from the air by USN, 1968-69. |
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| Gand Island (USA) | 64° 24' 00.0" S | 62° 51' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 125516
Place ID: 5099
Ice-covered island, 3 mi long and 1.5 mi wide, lying at the N end of Schollaert Channel, between Anvers and Brabant Islands in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the BelgAE, 1897-99, and named by Gerlache after Gand, the French form of Ghent, a city in Belgium where subscription drives were held to help finance the expedition. |
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| Gand, Ile (BEL) | 64° 24' 00.0" S | 62° 51' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 104935
Place ID: 5099
La ville de Gand sutint financiérement l'E.A.B. 1897-1899 sur le navire Belgica. |
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| Gand, isla (ARG) | 64° 25' 00.0" S | 62° 52' 00.0" W | Island |
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| Gand, Isla (CHL) | 64° 24' 00.0" S | 62° 51' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 105591
Place ID: 5099
Descubierta por la Expedición Antártica Belga de 1897-1899 al mando del teniente Adrien de Gerlache, quien le dio el nombre por Gand, la traducción francesa de Ghent, una ciudad de Bélgica donde se hicieron suscripciones para ayudar el financiamiento de la Expedición. Isla plana cubierta de hielo, de 3 millas de largo y 1,5 milla de ancho situada al E del canal Schollaert entre las islas Anvers y Brabante en el archipiélago de Palmer. Su cima es redondeada de altura moderada. |
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