Webber Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Webber Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island
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:
The large central island (between Olson Island and Chandler Island) of the White Islands in southern Sulzberger Bay, off Kind Edward VII Land.
It is rudely delineated on the map of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE), 1928-30, and indicated as 'low ice cliffs' that rise above the ice shelf in this part of the bay. Mapped in detail by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named for James Webber, U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station, 1968-69 season.
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