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
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.

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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