Ouellette Island

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.[1]

Ouellette Island
Ouellette Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Ouellette Island
Ouellette Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates64°47′S 64°25′W
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

See also

References
  1. Ouellette Island: Antarctica

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