Lyall Islands is a group of four islands, Unger, Surgeon, Novosad and Hughes, lying just outside the entrance to Yule Bay, Victoria Land.[1] Discovered by Capt. James Clark Ross, 1841, who named the group for David Lyall (1817–1895), MD, RN, FLS, Asst. Surgeon on the Terror.[2] In keeping with this, US-ACAN has named some of the individual islands and nearby features for surgeons who have worked in Antarctica.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Milius, Nigel (January 2004). "Seabirds observed at Unger Island, Lyall Islands, Victoria Land, Antarctica, February 2004" (PDF). Marine Ornithology. 32 (2): 191 – via www.marineornithology.org.
  2. ↑ "Lyall Islands". Antarctica NZ. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  3. ↑ "Lyall Islands". data.aad.gov.au. 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-19.

70°41′00″S 167°20′00″E / 70.6833°S 167.3333°E / -70.6833; 167.3333

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