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
Lamarck Island (USA) 66° 40' 00.0" S 140° 02' 00.0" E Island
Name ID: 127731 Place ID: 8037

Rocky island 0.1 mi long, lying 0.1 mi NE of Rostand Island in the Geologie Archipelago, Adelie Coast. Charted in 1951 by the FrAE and named by them, after Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829), French naturalist.

Lamarck, Île (FRA) 66° 39' 58.0" S 140° 01' 37.0" E Island
Name ID: 107331 Place ID: 8037

Île rocheuse située à l'est de l'île des Pétrels, dans la partie centrale de l'archipel de Pointe-Géologie ; nom donné en l'honneur du naturaliste français Jean-Baptiste de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1744-1829).

Lamarck, Island (RUS) 66° 40' 00.0" S 140° 02' 00.0" E Island
Name ID: 118948 Place ID: 8037

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