Nakaya Islands

The islands are located on the Northwestern part of Antarctica

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 University of Hokkaido, 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 1956–57 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.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Nakaya Islands" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

Coordinates: 66°27′S 66°14′W / 66.450°S 66.233°W / -66.450; -66.233


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