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
Kizer Island (NZL) 77° 17' 49.9" S 151° 04' 05.3" W Island
Name ID: 140081 Place ID: 7596

An ice-covered island 30.5km long northwest to southeast, lying 21km southwest of Cronenwett Island at the west end of Sulzberger Ice Shelf.

Kizer Island (USA) 77° 16' 00.0" S 150° 48' 00.0" W Island
Name ID: 127461 Place ID: 7596

An ice-covered island about 15 mi long, lying 10 mi SW of Cronenwett Island at the W end of Sulzberger Ice Shelf. Mapped from surveys by the USGS and U.S. Navy air photos (1959-65). Named for Lt. T.L. Kizer, USN, helicopter pilot on the USS 1962.

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