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
Gorev Island (AUS) 66° 32' 04.8" S 92° 58' 53.8" E Island
Name ID: 1077 Place ID: 5511

A small island in the Haswell Islands, about 6 km SSW of Haswell Island. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956) and named after D. Gorev, a member of the British National Antarctic Expedition (1910-13) under Scott.

Gorev Island (USA) 66° 32' 00.0" S 92° 59' 00.0" E Island
Name ID: 125815 Place ID: 5511

Small island lying between Buromskiy Island and Poryadin Island in the Haswell Islands. Discovered and mapped by the AAE under Mawson, 1911-14. Remapped by the Soviet expedition of 1956, and named by them for D. Gorev, a member of BrAE, 1910-13, under Scott.

Goreva, ostrov (RUS) 66° 32' 00.0" S 92° 59' 00.0" E Island
Name ID: 118244 Place ID: 5511

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