Nakaya Islands

Nakaya Islands
Nakaya Islands is located in Antarctica
Nakaya Islands
Nakaya Islands
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates66°27′S 66°14′W / 66.450°S 66.233°W / -66.450; -66.233
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

The Nakaya Islands are a small group of islands in Crystal Sound, about 18 km northeast of Cape Rey, Graham Land in Antarctica.[1] They were named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Ukichiro Nakaya (1900–62), a Japanese Professor of Physics from the Hokkaido University, who specialized in the field of investigating the structure of ice crystals and snowflakes.

Surveying & Mapping

Ukichiro Nakaya after whom the islands are named

The islands were photographed from the air by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) from 1956 to 1957 and then mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1958–59).[2]

Flora & Fauna

Various flora and fauna live around the islands such as penguins, krill, Petrels and Mosses.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Nakaya Islands: Antarctica". www.geographic.org. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Nakaya Islands". data.aad.gov.au. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  3. ^ "all Species within 1.0 degrees of the position". data.aad.gov.au. Retrieved 9 November 2012.

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