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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| Hiyoko Island (USA) | 69° 00' 00.0" S | 39° 33' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 126552
Place ID: 6415
An island lying 0.6 mi SW of Nesoya in the NE part of Lutzow-Holm Bay. It is the easternmost of three small islands which lie 0.5 mi NW of the strait separating Ongul Island and East Ongul Island. Mapped from surveys and air photos by JARE, 1957-62. The name "Hiyoko-jima" (baby chick island) was given by JARE Headquarters in 1972. |
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| Hiyoko Zima (JPN) | 69° 00' 20.0" S | 39° 32' 30.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 112338
Place ID: 6415
One of small islands north of Nisi-Ongul Tô and west of Higasi-Ongul Tô. Roughly mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Accurately mapped from surveys and air photos by JARE, 1957-62, and named Hiyoko Zima (chicken island). |
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