Egg Island (Antarctica)

Egg Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 63°41′S 57°42′W / 63.683°S 57.700°W / -63.683; -57.700Coordinates: 63°41′S 57°42′W / 63.683°S 57.700°W / -63.683; -57.700
Width 2.8 km (1.74 mi)
Highest elevation 310 m (1,020 ft)
Country
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Egg Island is a circular island 2.8 kilometres (1.5 nmi) in diameter and 310 m high, lying 1.9 kilometres (1 nmi) west of Tail Island in the northeast part of Prince Gustav Channel. Probably first seen by a party under J. Gunnar Andersson of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04. Egg Island was charted in 1945 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who so named it because of its relative position to Tail, Eagle and Beak Islands.

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


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