Ouellette Island

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Ouellette Island

Joubin Islands
(British Antarctic Territory)

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Location: 64°47’20"S, 64°24’0"W
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Ouellette Island is a small island, one of the Joubin Islands, off the south-west point of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago of the British Antarctic Territory.

Following the work of United States Antarctic Research Program personnel from "Palmer Station" from 1965, the island was named after Gerald L. Ouellette, Chief Engineer in RV Hero on her first Antarctic voyage, visiting Palmer Station in 1968.

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