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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| Lucas Island (AUS) | 68° 30' 16.2" S | 77° 57' 19.1" E | Island |
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Name ID: 1117
Place ID: 8698
An island about 1 km long, 3 km NNW of Plough Island off the Vestfold Hills. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Plogsteinen (The Plough Stone). |
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| Lucas Island (RUS) | 68° 30' 00.0" S | 77° 57' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 119147 Place ID: 8698 | |||
| Lucas Island (USA) | 68° 30' 00.0" S | 77° 57' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 128211
Place ID: 8698
A small island lying just W of the Vestfold Hills, 2 mi NW of Plog Island. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Plogsteinen (the plow stone). It was mapped by ANARE in 1958 and renamed for W.C. Lucas, diesel mechanic at Davis Station, 1957. |
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