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Feature Name (see definition): Boxing Island Feature Class (see definition): Island Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 1781 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 35' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 061° 41' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.5833333 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -61.6833333 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965 Description (see definition): Small island lying in Charlotte Bay E of Harris Peak, off the W coast of Graham Land. First charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE) under Gerlache, 1897-99. So named by members of the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) because they first saw it on Boxing Day 1956. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Boxing Island in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Boxing Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Boxing Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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