Umber Island
| Umber Island | ||
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| Waters | Lazarev Bay | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 18 '50 " S , 72 ° 3' 59" W | |
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| length | 2.5 km | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Umber Iceland (translated from English mutatis mutandis umbra Island ) is a 2.5 km long and rocky island off the northwest coast of the West Antarctic Alexander Island . In Lazarev Bay , it is 10 km northwest of Dint Island .
Aerial photographs of the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) were used in 1960 by the British geographer Derek Searle from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey for mapping. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the island that way in 1977 because it is located in the umbra of the neighboring Havre Mountains on said aerial photographs .
Web links
- Umber Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Umber Island on geographic.org (English)