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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| Island Arena (AUS) | 79° 49' 00.1" S | 156° 34' 59.9" E | Island |
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Name ID: 1122
Place ID: 6970
A lateral lake of the Darwin Glacier, with a nunatak forming an island, bounded on the west by Colosseum Ridge and on the south by Kennett Ridge. Discovered by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1962-63). |
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| Island Arena (NZL) | 79° 49' 00.0" S | 156° 35' 00.0" E | Valley |
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Name ID: 139386
Place ID: 6970
A lateral 'lake' of the Darwin Glacier, with Richardson Hill forming the 'island', bounded on the west by Colosseum Ridge and on the south by Kennett Ridge. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MN04 |
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| Island Arena (USA) | 79° 49' 00.0" S | 156° 35' 00.0" E | Valley |
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Name ID: 126990
Place ID: 6970
A broad valley occupied by a lateral lobe of the Darwin Glacier, indenting the N side of the Darwin Mountains between Colosseum Ridge and Kenneth Ridge. An islandlike nunatak, Richardson Hill, rises above the ice of the valley. The descriptive name was given by the VUWAE (1962-63). |
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