Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Keyhole Island (GBR) | 68° 47' 00.0" S | 67° 20' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 109613
Place ID: 7488
SW side of Mikkelsen Bay, Fallières Coast, was surveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in November 1948 and named Keyhole Islet from the ice arch observed at the margin of the small ice cap covering the island (APC, 1955, p.13; DCS sheet 68 66, 1955). Keyhole Island (APC, 1959a, p.8; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961). |
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| Keyhole Island (USA) | 68° 47' 00.0" S | 67° 20' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 127368
Place ID: 7488
Small rocky island lying 5 mi SE of the Terra Firma Islands in the SW part of Mikkelsen Bay, off the W coast of Graham Land. First surveyed in 1948 by the FIDS, who applied this name because of the presence of an ice arch formed by the icecap on this island. |
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| Keyhole, islote (ARG) | 68° 47' 00.0" S | 67° 20' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 101277 Place ID: 7488 | |||
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