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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| Grant Island (RUS) | 74° 24' 00.0" S | 131° 20' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 118272 Place ID: 5601 | |||
| Grant Island (USA) | 74° 28' 00.0" S | 131° 35' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 125881
Place ID: 5601
An ice-covered island, 20 mi long and 10 mi wide, lying 5 mi E of the smaller Shepard Island off the coast of Marie Byrd Land. Like Shepard Island, this feature is surrounded by the Getz Ice Shelf on all but the N side. Discovered and charted by personnel on the USS Glacier on Feb. 4, 1962. Named US-ACAN for Cdr. E.G. Grant, Commanding Officer of the Glacier at the time of discovery. |
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