Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Aragay, Isla (CHL) | 64° 00' 00.0" S | 61° 29' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 105114
Place ID: 5782
El nombre fue puesto por la Expedición Antártica Chilena de 1947 y corresponde al apellido del teniente Ramón Aragay Boada, oficial de comunicaciones del transporte "Angamos" de la Armada de Chile. Isla de 114 metros, ubicada a 3 millas al S del extremo occidental de la isla Intercurrense de las islas Christiania, en el extremo NE del archipiélago de Palmer. |
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| Gulch Island (GBR) | 64° 00' 00.0" S | 61° 29' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 109139
Place ID: 5782
one of the Christiania Islands (q.v.), Palmer Archipelago, following air photography by FIDASE in 1956 was so named because of its deeply indented character (APC, 1960, p.4; BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961). Isla Aragay, after Tte Ramón Aragay Boada, Communications Officer in the transport ship Angamos of CAE, 1947 (Chile. DNH chart 1400, 1961; IHA, 1974, p.30). |
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| Gulch Island (USA) | 63° 59' 00.0" S | 61° 29' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 126018
Place ID: 5782
Island lying NW of Small Island in the Christiania Islands, in the Palmer Archipelago. Shown on an Argentine government chart of 1952. So named by the UK-APC in 1960 because the island is deeply indented. |
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| Gulch, isla (ARG) | 63° 59' 00.0" S | 61° 29' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 101087 Place ID: 5782 | |||
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