Beak Island

Beak Island is an arc-shaped island, 7 kilometres (4 nmi) long and 360 metres (1,200 ft) high, lying 1 kilometre (0.5 nmi) northeast of Eagle Island in the northeast part of Prince Gustav Channel. It was probably first seen in 1902–03 by members of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto Nordenskiöld. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey surveyed Beak Island in 1945 and so named it because of its shape and relative position to nearby Tail Island and Eagle Island.[1]

Beak Island
View of Beak Island from western summit of View Point
Beak Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates63°37′S 57°18′W
Highest elevation360 m (1,180 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Bear Island is volcanic in origin, having been K-Ar dated 1.7 ± 0.2 and 2.0 ± 0.2 million years old. It forms part of the James Ross Island Volcanic Group.[2]

See also
  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References
  1. "Beak Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  2. "Geological Map of James Ross Island" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-03-23.

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