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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| Matthews Island (RUS) | 60° 45' 00.0" S | 45° 10' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 119280 Place ID: 9154 | |||
| Matthews Island (GBR) | 60° 45' 00.0" S | 45° 09' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 110047
Place ID: 9154
one of the Robertson Islands (q.v.) separated from the SE point of Coronation Island by The Divide (q.v.), was formerly charted as part of Coronation Island (BA chart 1775, 1956); surveyed by FIDS from Signy in January 1957, when its insularity was established; named after Dr Drummond Hoyle Matthews (1931-1997), FIDS geologist, Signy, 1956-57; Reader in Marine Geology, Cambridge University, from 1971 (APC, 1959a, p.9; BA chart 1775, 13.x.1967). Mathews [sic] Island (DOS 510 South Orkney Islands, West Sheet, 1963). |
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| Matthews Island (USA) | 60° 45' 00.0" S | 45° 09' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 128555
Place ID: 9154
The largest of the Robertson Islands in the South Orkney Islands. It lies immediately SE of Coronation Island, from which it is narrowly separated by The Divide. Mapped as part of Coronation Island until January 1957 when a FIDS party established its insularity. Named by the UK-APC in 1959 for Drummond H. Matthews, FIDS geologist at Signy Island in 1956. |
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| Matthews, isla (ARG) | 60° 45' 00.0" S | 45° 09' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 101510 Place ID: 9154 | |||
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