Name details

Webber Island

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

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

If this information is incorrect, please e-mail mapping@aad.gov.au

New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139931

Feature type: Island

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

The large central island (between Olson Island and Chandler Island) of the White Islands in southern Sulzberger Bay, off Kind Edward VII Land.

Named For

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.

Location

Latitude:
77° 17' 00.0" S
-77.28333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
153° 05' 00.0" W
-153.08333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
182 m
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 18_24 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at top of island

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
15-Jul-1971

Display Scales

Note These display scales were chosen for use by Australia, with an emphasis on East Antarctica.
          For example, selecting 'Aus_display_scale_20M' would only return names that would appear on a 1:20 million scale map.

Aus_display_scale_20M: No      Aus_display_scale_10M: No     
Aus_display_scale_5M: No      Aus_display_scale_2M: No     
Aus_display_scale_1M: No      Aus_display_scale_500k: No     
Aus_display_scale_250k: No      Aus_display_scale_100k: No     
Aus_display_scale_50k: No      Aus_display_scale_25k: No     
Aus_display_scale_10k: No      Aus_display_scale_5k: No     
Aus_display_scale_1k: No     


Related information

Biodiversity
View fauna, flora or both within 1.0 degree of this location

Place names
View New Zealand or international place names within 1.0 degree of this location.