Oom Island

Oom Island

Oom Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	67°24′S 60°39′E
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Oom Island is a small island 0.93 kilometres (0.5 nmi) 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 "Oom Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.