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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| Monje, islotes (ARG) | 60° 40' 00.0" S | 45° 55' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 101588 Place ID: 9758 | |||
| Monk Islands (RUS) | 60° 40' 00.0" S | 45° 54' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 119487 Place ID: 9758 | |||
| Monk Islands (GBR) | 60° 40' 00.0" S | 45° 55' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 110205
Place ID: 9758
rising 7m above sea level S of Meier Point, Coronation Island, were charted in 1912 by Sørlle who named the largest island Munken [=the monk] (Sørlle, chart, 1912). Munken Islets (BA, 1916, p.414). Munken Islands (BA chart 3175, 25.ix.1925). Islas Munken (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930). The islands were recharted by DI in 1933. Monk Islands (BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1959a, p.9; DOS 510 South Orkney Islands, West Sheet, 1963). Monk Islet (France. SHM, 1937, p.389; BA, 1942, p.39). Islote Monk (Argentina. MM, 1945, p.274). Monk Islets (BA, 1948, p.139; APC, 1955, p.15). Islotes Monje [=monk islets] (Argentina. MM chart 117, 1952). The islands were surveyed by FIDS from Signy, 1956-58. Isole Monje (Zavatti, 1958, Tav.10). |
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| Monk Islands (USA) | 60° 40' 00.0" S | 45° 55' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 129036
Place ID: 9758
Group of very small islands and rocks lying 1.5 mi S of Meier Point, off the S coast of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands. First charted and named "Munken" (The Monk) by Norwegian whaling captain Peter Sorlle in 1912-13. The name approved is an anglicized form of the earlier Norwegian name appearing on the chart by DI personnel on the Discovery II, who surveyed the islands in 1933. |
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