Dakers Island

Dakers Island (64°46′S 64°23′W / 64.767°S 64.383°W / -64.767; -64.383Coordinates: 64°46′S 64°23′W / 64.767°S 64.383°W / -64.767; -64.383) is an island between Hartshorne Island and McGuire Island in the eastern Joubin Islands. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Hugh B. Dakers, a cook in RV Hero on her first Antarctic voyage to Palmer Station in 1968.

See also

List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

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

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