Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Lynch Island (RUS) | 60° 39' 00.0" S | 45° 36' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 119165 Place ID: 8753 | |||
| Lynch Island (GBR) | 60° 39' 00.0" S | 45° 36' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 109935
Place ID: 8753
E side of Marshall Bay, Coronation Island, was roughly charted by Sørlle, 1912-13, and further charted by DI in 1933; following resurvey by FIDS from Signy, 1948-49, named Lynch Islet after Thomas B. Lynch, American sealer who visited the South Orkney Islands in the schooner Express (Express Cove, q.v.) in 1880 (APC, 1955, p.14). Lynch Island (APC, 1959a, p.9; DOS 510 South Orkney Islands, West Sheet, 1963). In 1967 the island was designated SPA No.14 under the Antarctic Treaty (FO, 1967, p.8). |
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| Lynch Island (USA) | 60° 39' 00.0" S | 45° 36' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 128248
Place ID: 8753
Island lying in the E part of Marshall Bay, close off the S coast of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands. Roughly charted in 1912-13 by Petter Sorlle, a Norwegian whaling captain, and surveyed in 1933 by DI personnel. Resurveyed in 1948-49 by the FIDS and named by the UK-APC for Thomas B. Lynch, an American sealer who visited the South Orkney Islands in the schooner Express in 1880. |
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| Lynch, isla (ARG) | 60° 39' 00.0" S | 45° 36' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 101431 Place ID: 8753 | |||
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