Hum Island
| Hum Island | ||
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| Waters | Cooperation lake | |
| Archipelago | William Scoresby Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 21 ′ S , 59 ° 38 ′ E | |
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Hum Island is a small island in the William Scoresby Archipelago off the Mawson Coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . It lies between the western foothills of the islands of Islay and Bertha Island .
The island was discovered and named in February 1936 by participants in the British Discovery Investigations on board the research vessel RRS William Scoresby . It is named after Edwin Charles Hum (1913–1944), one of the sailors on this ship.
Web links
- Hum Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hum Island on geographic.org (English)