Name details

Uberuaga Island

Uberuaga Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Uberuaga Island  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 114618

Feature type: Island (5)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

An island 800m across at its longest axis, being the easternmost feature in Dailey Islands, McMurdo Sound.

Named For

Named after Julia Mary Uberuaga, who from 1979-99 made 20 consecutive Antarctic seasonal deployments working for contractors in support of USAP. She worked at South Pole Station as general field assistant the first two season. From 1981, worked for 15 seasons as heavy equipment operator at Williams Field, McMurdo Sound, with assignments at field camps including Siple Dome, Siple Station, and Byrd Surface Camp. The last few seasons she operated a Caterpillar D7 Pearl on McMurdo Ice Shelf.

Location

Latitude:
77° 52' 30.3" S
-77.87507°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
165° 18' 15.3" E
165.30424°
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Altitude:
93 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 18_34 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
4-Nov-1999

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