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    Nakaya Islands

    The Nakaya Islands are a small group of islands in Crystal Sound, about 18 km northeast of Cape Rey, Graham Land in Antarctica.

    Overview

    The Nakaya Islands are a small group of islands in Crystal Sound, about 18 km northeast of Cape Rey, Graham Land in Antarctica. They were named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Ukichiro Nakaya (1900–62), a Japanese Professor of Physics from the Hokkaido University, who specialized in the field of investigating the structure of ice crystals and snowflakes.

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    Census, cataloged

    • Major islands0
    • Minor islands0
    • Islets3
    • Rocks & skerries0

    Islets

    3
    • Unnamed island0.05 km²
    • Unnamed island0.05 km²
    • Unnamed island0.04 km²

    Figures

    Islands by area

    0.010.1Unnamed island: 0.05 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.05 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.04 km²Unnamed island
    km², log scale
    Unnamed island0.05 km²
    Unnamed island0.05 km²
    Unnamed island0.04 km²

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Wikidata
    • Talus
    • Wikipedia