Ouellette Island

Ouellette Island
Ouellette Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 64°47′S 64°25′W / 64.783°S 64.417°W / -64.783; -64.417Coordinates: 64°47′S 64°25′W / 64.783°S 64.417°W / -64.783; -64.417
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

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).


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