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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| Kaname Island (USA) | 69° 21' 00.0" S | 37° 36' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 127243
Place ID: 7342
A small, isolated island which lies about 22 mi NW of Padda Island in Lutzow-Holm Bay. The island was discovered by the JARE during helicopter reconnaissance flights from East Ongul Island in the 1969-70 season. The name "Kaname-jima" (chief, or important island) was given by JARE Headquarters in 1972. |
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| Kaname Zima (JPN) | 69° 20' 00.0" S | 37° 35' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 112371
Place ID: 7342
An isolated small island lying 40 km northwest of Padda in the central part of Lützow-Holmbukta. This island was discovered and taken air photos by JARE in 1970, and named Kaname Zima (pivot island), because the island formed the pivot of a fan-shaped floating ice tongue extended from Fletta. |
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