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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| Howard Island (GBR) | 64° 47' 00.0" S | 64° 23' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 109399
Place ID: 6671
one of the E Joubin Islands (q.v.) off SW Anvers Island, following the work of USARP personnel from "Palmer Station" from 1965, was named after Judson R. Howard, mate in US RV Hero which visited the station on her first Antarctic voyage in 1968 (APC, 1975, p.4; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/3, 1-DOS 1979). |
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| Howard Island (USA) | 64° 47' 00.0" S | 64° 23' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 126764
Place ID: 6671
Island directly south of Hartshorne Island in eastern Joubin Islands. Named by US-ACAN for Judson R. Howard, Mate in the R.V. Hero on her first voyage to Antarctica in 1968. |
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