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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Karm Island (AUS) | 66° 59' 17.5" S | 57° 30' 43.6" E | Island |
Name ID: 810
Place ID: 7368
An island about 3 km long in the southern part of the Øygarden Group. First visited by an ANARE sledging party led by Robert Dovers in 1954. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Karm. |
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Karm Island (USA) | 66° 59' 00.0" S | 57° 27' 00.0" E | Island |
Name ID: 127261
Place ID: 7368
Island 1.5 mi long, lying 1 mi SE of Shaula Island in the S part of the Oygarden Group. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and called by them Karm (coaming). First visited in 1954 by an ANARE sledging party led by R. Dovers. |
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