Nakaya Islands
![]() ![]() Nakaya Islands Location in Antarctica | |
Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 66°27′S 66°14′W / 66.450°S 66.233°WCoordinates: 66°27′S 66°14′W / 66.450°S 66.233°W |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
The Nakaya Islands are a small group of islands in Crystal Sound, about 18 km northeast of Cape Rey, Graham Land in Antarctica.[1] They were named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Ukichiro Nakaya (1900–62), a Japanese Professor of Physics from the University of Hokkaido, who specialized in the field of investigating the structure of ice crystals and snowflakes.
Surveying & Mapping[]
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The islands were photographed from the air by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) from 1956–57 and then mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1958–59).[2]
Flora & Fauna[]
Various flora and fauna live around the islands such as penguins, krill, Petrels and Mosses.[3]
See also[]
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
References[]
- ^ "Nakaya Islands: Antarctica". www.geographic.org. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ "Nakaya Islands". data.aad.gov.au. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ "all Species within 1.0 degrees of the position". data.aad.gov.au. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Nakaya Islands". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
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