Ouellette Island
| Ouellette Island | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Archipelago | Joubin Islands , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 47 ′ S , 64 ° 24 ′ W | |
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Ouellette Island is an island in the West Antarctic Palmer Archipelago . It is located 800 m west of Howard Island in the southern section of the Joubin Islands .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1975 after Gerald L. Ouellette, chief engineer on RV Hero serving the National Science Foundation on their Antarctic voyage to Palmer Station in 1968.
Web links
- Ouellette Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ouellette Island on geographic.org (English)