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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| Hjart Island (USA) | 69° 38' 00.0" S | 39° 16' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 126553
Place ID: 6416
Island lying 2 mi W of Skallen Hills in the E part of Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Hjartoy (heart island) because of its shape. |
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| Hjartøy (NOR) | 69° 38' 00.0" S | 39° 16' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 115260
Place ID: 6416
Island outside Skallen in the inner part of Lützow-Holmbukta on Kronprins Olav Kyst. Hjart(e)=heart. |
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| Hjartøy (RUS) | 69° 38' 00.0" S | 39° 16' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 118459 Place ID: 6416 | |||
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