Unger Island
Unger Island is a small, ice-free island of Antarctica. Lying 4 miles to the southeast of the Cape Hooker, it is the westernmost of the Lyall Islands — at Latitude 70° 41' 00.0" S, Longitude 166° 55' 00.0" E.
It was originally mapped in the 1960s from surveys and U.S. Navy photographs by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). It was named for Lt. , USNR, the Medical Officer at Little America V in 1957. It is the only ice free island in Antarctica.[citation needed]
References[]
- "Name Details: Unger Island". Antarctic Gazetter. Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
Coordinates: 70°41′57.3″S 166°55′17″E / 70.699250°S 166.92139°E
Categories:
- Islands of Victoria Land
- Pennell Coast
- Victoria Land geography stubs