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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| Mabel Island (RUS) | 60° 40' 00.0" S | 44° 42' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 119170 Place ID: 8774 | |||
| Mabel Island (GBR) | 60° 39' 00.0" S | 44° 42' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 109944
Place ID: 8774
NW of Cape Mabel (q.v.), Laurie Island, was called Islote Piragua [=canoe islet] in reference to its shape (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930; Pierrou, 1970, p.595); charted by DI in 1933 and named Mabel Islet in association with the cape (BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.14). Islote Mabel (Argentina. MM, 1945, p.278). Isla Mabel (Argentina. CNA, 1947, map p.45). Islas Weddell, in error (Weddell Islands, q.v.) (Argentina. IGM map 3738, 1958). Mabel Island (APC, 1959a, p.9; BA, 1961, p.247). |
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| Mabel Island (USA) | 60° 40' 00.0" S | 44° 42' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 128268
Place ID: 8774
Island 1.5 mi NW of Cape Mabel, off the N coast of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands. Charted in 1933 by DI personnel on the Discovery II, who named it after nearby Cape Mabel. |
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| Piragua, islote (ARG) | 60° 40' 00.0" S | 44° 42' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 101865 Place ID: 8774 | |||
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