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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| Molnar Rocks (GBR) | 66° 11' 00.0" S | 66° 59' 00.0" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 110198
Place ID: 9743
awash W of Lavoisier Island, Biscoe Islands, were photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of coldclimate physiology grouped in this area, named after Dr George William Molnar (b.1914), American physiologist and specialist in the reactions of the human body to cold environments (APC, 1960, p.6; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961). |
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| Molnar Rocks (USA) | 66° 11' 00.0" S | 66° 58' 00.0" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 129025
Place ID: 9743
Insular rocks lying 4 mi W of the middle of Lavoisier Island, Biscoe Islands. Mapped from air photos taken by FIDASE (1956-57). Named by UK-APC for George W. Molnar, American physiologist who has specialized in the reactions of the body to cold environments. |
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| Molnar, rocas (ARG) | 66° 11' 00.0" S | 66° 59' 00.0" W | Rock |
| Name ID: 101580 Place ID: 9743 | |||
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