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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| Hawker Island (AUS) | 68° 37' 59.9" S | 77° 51' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 1133
Place ID: 6124
An irregular-shaped island between Mule Island and Mule Peninsula in the Vestfold Hills. Named after A.C. Hawker, radio supervisor at Davis in 1957. |
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| Hawker Island (RUS) | 68° 38' 00.0" S | 77° 51' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 118404 Place ID: 6124 | |||
| Hawker Island (USA) | 68° 38' 00.0" S | 77° 51' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 126306
Place ID: 6124
An irregular-shaped island c. 1 mi long, lying between Mule Island and Mule Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, in the E part of Prydz Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Remapped by ANARE (1957-58) and named after A.C. Hawker, radio supervisor at Davis Station in 1957. |
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