Egg Island (Antarctica)

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.

Egg Island
Egg Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates63°41′S 57°42′W
Width2.8 km (1.74 mi)
Highest elevation310 m (1,020 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

See also
  • Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
  • List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S

References

     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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