Unger Island is a small, ice-free island of
Antarctica. It lies 4 miles to the southeast of the
Cape Hooker, and is the westernmost of the
Lyall Islands
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, Antarctica.
Exploration and naming
The Lyall Islands were discovered by Ca ...
— at Latitude 70° 41' 00.0" S, Longitude 166° 55' 00.0" E.
It was originally mapped in the 1960s from surveys and
U.S. Navy photographs by the
United States Geological Survey (USGS). It was named for Lt.
Pat B. Unger,
USNR, the Medical Officer at Little America V in 1957. It is the only ice free island in Antarctica.
References
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Islands of Victoria Land
Pennell Coast
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