Juergens Island
| Juergens Island | ||
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| Waters | Ross Ice Shelf , Ross Sea | |
| Archipelago | Dailey Islands | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 53 ′ S , 165 ° 2 ′ E | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
Juergens Island is an island off the Scott coast of East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the group of Dailey Islands , it is 2.5 km east of West Dailey Island .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 2001 after Eric D. Juergens of Antarctic Support Associates , who was involved in the development of a garbage disposal program under the United States Antarctic Program in 1991 and nature and health protection measures from 1992 to 1999 in Antarctica .
Web links
- Juergens Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Juergens Island on geographic.org (English)