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Feature Name (see definition): Breaker Island Feature Class (see definition): Island Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 1872 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 46' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 064° 07' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.7666667 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.1166667 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963 Description (see definition): Small rocky island lying close SW of Norsel Point, off the SW coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Surveyed by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955. So named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) because the island causes breakers when the sea is rough. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Breaker 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 Breaker Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Breaker Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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