False Island Point

False Island Point (63°55′S 57°20′W / 63.917°S 57.333°W / -63.917; -57.333Coordinates: 63°55′S 57°20′W / 63.917°S 57.333°W / -63.917; -57.333) is a headland 1 nautical mile (2 km) long and 0.5 nautical miles (1 km) wide, which is connected by a low, narrow, almost invisible isthmus to the south side of Vega Island, lying south of the northeast end of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was first sighted in February 1902 and charted as an island by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto Nordenskiöld. It was determined to be a part of Vega Island in 1945 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, who applied this descriptive name.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "False Island Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-03-13.

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