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Ouellette Island

Coordinates: 64°47′S 64°25′W / 64.783°S 64.417°W / -64.783; -64.417
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Ouellette Island
Ouellette Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Ouellette Island
Ouellette Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates64°47′S 64°25′W / 64.783°S 64.417°W / -64.783; -64.417
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

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]

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Ouellette Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.