Ouellette Island
  Ouellette Island Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 64°47′S 64°25′W / 64.783°S 64.417°WCoordinates: 64°47′S 64°25′W / 64.783°S 64.417°W |
| Administration | |
|
None | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
| Additional information | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Ouellette Island is an island 0.9 kilometres (0.5 nmi) west of Howard Island in southern Joubin Islands. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Gerald L. Ouellette, Chief Engineer in the Hero in her first voyage to Antarctica and Palmer Station in 1968.
See also
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Ouellette Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/15/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.