Hatcher Island
| Hatcher Island | ||
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| Waters | Ross Ice Shelf , Ross Sea | |
| Archipelago | Dailey Islands | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 53 ′ S , 165 ° 4 ′ E | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
Hatcher Island is an island off the Scott coast of East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the group of the Dailey Islands it is located immediately east of Juergens Island and 3 km east of West Dailey Island .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 2001 after John H. Hatcher III. by Antarctic Support Associates , which initiated garbage disposal under the United States Antarctic Program in 1991 and managed it until 1999.
Web links
- Hatcher Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hatcher Island on geographic.org (English)