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Feature Name (see definition): Blake Island Feature Class (see definition): Island Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 1497 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 63° 38' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 059° 01' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.6333333 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -59.0166667 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1953 Description (see definition): A narrow ice-free island 1.5 mi long, lying in Bone Bay along the NW coast of Trinity Peninsula. Charted in 1948 by Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) after Pattrick J. Blake, midshipman on the brig Williams used in exploring the South Shetland Islands and Bransfield Strait in 1820. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Blake 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 Blake Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Blake Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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