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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| Molholm Island (AUS) | 66° 16' 13.4" S | 110° 33' 10.1" E | Island |
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Name ID: 926
Place ID: 9730
An island in the eastern part of Newcomb Bay, Windmill Islands. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946/47). Named after J.T. Molholm, assistant glaciologist at Wilkes in 1958. |
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| Molholm Island (RUS) | 66° 16' 00.0" S | 110° 33' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 119478 Place ID: 9730 | |||
| Molholm Island (USA) | 66° 16' 00.0" S | 110° 33' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 129014
Place ID: 9730
An island at the entrance to McGrady Cove in the eastern part of Newcomb Bay, Windmill Islands. The island was mapped from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump 1946-47. Named by C.R. Eklund for John Molholm, glaciologist at Wilkes Station, 1957. |
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