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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| Adams Island (AUS) | 66° 33' 00.0" S | 92° 33' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 957
Place ID: 56
A small rocky island on the western side of McDonald Bay, about 20 km west of Haswell Island, off the coast of Queen Mary Land; Discovered by the AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after the boat-swain of the expedition ship, SY Aurora. |
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| Adams Island (RUS) | 66° 32' 00.0" S | 92° 33' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 116735 Place ID: 56 | |||
| Adams Island (USA) | 66° 33' 00.0" S | 92° 35' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 121577
Place ID: 56
Small rocky coastal island embedded in thick bay ice most of the year, lying at the W side of McDonald Bay, about 11 mi W of Mabus Point. Discovered by the Western Base Party of the AAE, 1911-14, under Mawson, and named by him for the boatswain of the expedition ship Aurora. |
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