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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| Astor Island (GBR) | 62° 38' 22.8" S | 61° 10' 15.4" W | Island |
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Name ID: 107582
Place ID: 577
off W side of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, following air photography by FIDASE, 1955-57, and ground survey by FIDS, 1957-58, was named, in association with names of early sealers in this area, after B. Astor, of the American sealer Jane Maria from New York, who in 1820-21 collected rock specimens in the area for the New York Lyceum of Natural History (now American Museum of Natural History) (APC, 1959a, p.4; DOS 610 sheet W 62 60, 1968). Isla Astor (Argentina. AA, 1991 p.4). |
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| Astor Island (USA) | 62° 39' 00.0" S | 61° 11' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 121970
Place ID: 577
Island lying between Rugged Island and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the UK-APC in 1958 for B. Astor of the American sealer South Shetland Islands for the New York Lyceum of Natural History (now American Museum of Natural History). |
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| Astor, isla (ARG) | 62° 38' 00.0" S | 61° 11' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 100141
Place ID: 577
Al S de isla Rugosa, isla Livingston. Fotografiada desde el aire por la FIDASE en 1955-57 y luego relevada desde tierra por el FIDS en 1957-58 y nominada en recuerdo de B.Astor, foquero americano del "JUANA MARIA" de New York, en 1820-21. SHN carta H-712. |
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| Auster Glacier (AUS) | 67° 12' 00.0" S | 50° 45' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 577
Place ID: 651
A glacier flowing NNW into Amundsen Bay east of Reference Peak. First seen in October, 1956, by an ANARE party led by P.W. Crohn and named to commemorate the great assistance obtained from the Auster aircraft on coastal operations. |
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