Ongley Island
Ongley Island | ||
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View from Barrientos Island to Onlgey Island and Greenwich Island beyond | ||
Waters | Drake Street | |
Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
Geographical location | 62 ° 25 '48 " S , 59 ° 53' 21" W | |
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length | 1.35 km | |
width | 470 m | |
surface | 44 ha |
Ongley Island is a small island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 4 km west of Dee Island near the north coast of Greenwich Island .
The island was mapped in 1935 by scientists from the British Discovery Investigations . It is named after Leonard Thomas Ongley (1899–1944), cartographer of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office .
Web links
- Ongley Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ongley Island on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Ongley Island in the database of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English, accessed on March 21, 2016).