Oom Island

Oom Island: Oom Island (67°24′S 60°39′E / 67.4°S 60.65°E / -67.4; 60.65) is a small island 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) northeast of Campbell Head, off the coast of Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named Uksoy. Renamed by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Lieutenant K.E. Oom, RAN, a member of the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), 1929-31.

See also

List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

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

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