Uberuaga Island
| Uberuaga Island | ||
|---|---|---|
| Waters | Ross Ice Shelf , Ross Sea | |
| Archipelago | Dailey Islands | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ S , 165 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ E | |
|
||
| length | 800 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Uberuaga Island is an 800 m long island off the Scott coast of East Antarctica, Victoria . It is the easternmost island in the Dailey Islands group .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1999 after Julia Mary Uberuaga (* 1954), who was involved in 20 successive campaigns as part of the United States Antarctic Program between 1979 and 1999 , including at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Area around McMurdo Sound and the Siple Dome .
Web links
- Uberuaga Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Uberuaga Island on geographic.org (English)