Feature Name (see definition): Abbott Island

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 11

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 06' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 062° 08' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.1

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.1333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1960

Description (see definition): Island lying 1 mi W of Davis Island in the S part of Bouquet Bay, off the NE side of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Roughly charted by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE) under Charcot, 1903-05. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for Maude Abbott (1869-1940), American authority on congenital heart disease. Her classification of this subject is the basis of modern investigation and treatment.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data