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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| Masson Island (AUS) | 66° 08' 00.0" S | 96° 34' 00.1" E | Island |
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Name ID: 778
Place ID: 9117
An ice-covered island, about 33 km long and 22 km wide, rising to about 471 m, within the Shackleton Ice Shelf, north-west of Henderson Island, off the coast of Queen Mary Land. Discovered by AAE (1911-14). Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after Sir David Orme Masson of Melbourne, a member of the AAE Advisory Committee. |
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| Masson Island (RUS) | 66° 08' 00.0" S | 96° 37' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 119272 Place ID: 9117 | |||
| Masson Island (USA) | 66° 08' 00.0" S | 96° 35' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 128524
Place ID: 9117
Ice-covered island about 17 mi long and rising to 465 m, lying 9 mi NW of Henderson Island within the Shackleton Ice Shelf. Discovered in February 1912 by the AAE under Mawson, who named it for Prof. Sir David Orme Masson of Melbourne, a member of the AAE Advisory Committee. |
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