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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| Green Island (GBR) | 65° 19' 00.0" S | 64° 10' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 109102
Place ID: 5643
N-most of the Berthelot Islands (q.v.), Graham Coast, was roughly charted by BGLE, 10 February 1935, and named descriptively since the island supports one of the most extensive areas of green moss (Pogonatum or Polytrichum spp.) in the Antarctic Peninsula area (Rymill, 1938b; APC, 1959a, p.7; DOS 610 sheet W 65 64, 1959). Green Islet (BA, 1948, p.204; APC, 1955, p.11). Islote Verde [translation of English name] (Chile. DNH chart 1502, 1962; IHA, 1974, p.292). In 1967 the island was designated SPA No.9 under the Antarctic Treaty (FO, 1967, p.6). |
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| Green Island (USA) | 65° 19' 00.0" S | 64° 10' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 125913
Place ID: 5643
The northernmost island in the Berthelot Islands, lying just outside Collins Bay off the W coast of Graham Land. Discovered and first mapped by the FrAE, 1903-05, under Charcot. The name derives from the luxuriant growth of moss nearly 4 acres in extent on the northern slopes of the island. |
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| Green, isla (ARG) | 65° 19' 00.0" S | 64° 10' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 101057 Place ID: 5643 | |||
| Verde, Islote (CHL) | 65° 19' 00.0" S | 64° 09' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 106433
Place ID: 5643
Su nombre es descriptivo y se debe a que su cara N está cubierta de una frondosa vegetación de musgos, al parecer la más extensa y abundante encontrada en la Antártica, fue descubierto por la Expedición Francesa de Jean B. Charcot entre los años 1903-1905. |
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| Verde, islote (Canal Grandidier) (ARG) | 65° 19' 00.0" S | 64° 10' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 102407 Place ID: 5643 | |||
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