Lyall Islands
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| Waters | Somow Lake , Southern Ocean | |
| Geographical location | 70 ° 41 ′ S , 167 ° 20 ′ E | |
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| Number of islands | 4th | |
| Main island | Surgeon Island | |
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The Lyall Islands are a group of four small islands off the Pennell coast of East Antarctica, Victoria . They are right in front of the entrance to Yule Bay . From west to east, they include Unger Island , Surgeon Island , Novosad Island, and Hughes Island .
It was discovered during the Antarctic expedition (1839-1843) of the British polar explorer James Clark Ross . He named it after David Lyall (1817–1895), assistant surgeon on the research ship HMS Terror .
Web links
- Lyall Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lyall Islands on geographic.org (English)