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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Guano Island (USA) | 66° 46' 00.0" S | 141° 36' 00.0" E | Island |
Name ID: 125998
Place ID: 5748
Rocky island 0.2 mi long, lying 0.2 mi S of Chameau Island at the SE end of the Curzon Islands. Charted and named by the FrAE in 1951. The name derives from the considerable deposits of penguin excrement there. |
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Guano, Île au (FRA) | 66° 46' 30.0" S | 141° 36' 15.0" E | Island |
Name ID: 107314
Place ID: 5748
Île formée de plusieurs massifs rocheux, située dans le groupe des îles Curzon, à l'est du cap de la Découverte ; nom donné en raison de dépôts importants d'excréments de manchots. |
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Guano, Island (RUS) | 66° 46' 00.0" S | 141° 36' 00.0" E | Island |
Name ID: 118310 Place ID: 5748 |
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