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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| Haswell Islands (AUS) | 66° 32' 04.6" S | 92° 59' 26.5" E | Island |
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Name ID: 827
Place ID: 6086
A group of rocky islands and rocks lying off the coast of Queen Mary Land, just east of McDonald Bay, extending 4 km out to sea. Discovered by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14). Sir Douglas Mawson called these islands the Rookery Islands because of a large Emperor penguin colony near Haswell Island, the largest of the group. The name Haswell has been applied to the whole group because of the recognition gained by the Haswell Island name. |
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| Haswell Islands (RUS) | 66° 32' 00.0" S | 92° 59' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 118394 Place ID: 6086 | |||
| Haswell Islands (USA) | 66° 32' 00.0" S | 93° 00' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 126281
Place ID: 6086
Group of rocky coastal islands lying off Mabus Point and extending about 1.5 mi seaward. Charted by the AAE under Mawson (1911-14), who applied the name Rookery Islands because of a large emperor penguin rookery on Haswell Island, the largest and seaward island in the group. ANCA proposed in 1955 that the name Haswell be extended to the entire group. |
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