Lyall Islands () is a group of four islands, Unger Island, Surgeon Island, Novosad Island and Hughes Island, lying just outside the entrance to Yule Bay,

Victoria Land Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. It ...

, Antarctica.

Exploration and naming

The Lyall Islands were discovered by Captain

James Clark Ross Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862) was a British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer known for his explorations of the Arctic, participating in two expeditions led by his uncle John Ross, and four led by William Edwa ...

, 1841, who named the group for

David Lyall David Lyall (1817–1895) MD, RN, FLS, was a Scottish botanist who explored Antarctica, New Zealand, the Arctic and North America and was a lifelong friend of Sir Joseph Hooker. He was born in Auchenblae, Kincardineshire, Scotland on 1 June 181 ...

(1817–1895), MD, RN, FLS, Assistant Surgeon on the ''Terror''. In keeping with this, the United States

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(US-ACAN) has named some of the individual islands and nearby features for surgeons who have worked in Antarctica.

Location

The Lyall Islands are in the Pacific Ocean to the north of Tapsell Foreland and east of Yule Bay and the Davis Ice Piedmont. From west to east they are Unger Island, Surgeon Island, Novosad Island and Hughes Island.

Islands

Unger Island

. A small, ice-free island, the westernmost of the Lyall Islands, lying southeast of Cape Hooker in the west side of the entrance to Yule Bay. Mapped by the

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(USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by the United States

(US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Pat B. Unger, United States Navy Reserve, Medical Officer at Little America V, 1957.

Surgeon Island

. The largest of the Lyall Islands, lying east-southeast of Cape Hooker off the north coast of Victoria Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-63. The toponym conforms to other names in the island group which, along with Cape Hooker, have been named after surgeons who have worked in Antarctica. Named by the US-ACAN.

Novosad Island

. A small, ice-covered island, one of the Lyall Islands, lying north-northeast of

Cape Dayman Tapsell Foreland () is a borad, mostly snow-covered foreland jutting into the sea between Yule Bay and Smith Inlet, northern Victoria Land. Much of the central portion of this feature rises above . Exploration and naming The name Tapsell, appl ...

. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant Charles L. Novosad, Jr., United States Navy, Medical Officer at the Naval Air Facility, McMurdo Sound, 1957.

Hughes Island

. A small ice-covered island, the easternmost of the Lyall Islands, lying just outside the east part of the entrance to Yule Bay. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant Ronald M. Hughes, United States Navy, Medical Officer at McMurdo Station, 1966.

References

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