This page presents the geographical name data for
Compass Island in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division
Feature Name
(see definition):
Compass Island
Feature Class
(see definition):
Island
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
3008
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
68° 38' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
067° 48' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-68.6333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-67.8
Elevation
(see definition):
15
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1963
Description
(see definition):
Small rocky island 15 m high, lying in Marguerite Bay 7 mi NW of Terra Firma Islands. First seen and photographed from the air on Feb. 1, 1937 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE). First visited by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1948, and surveyed by them in 1949. So named by Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) because of difficulties experienced here with compass bearings, eventually proved to be due to substitution of iron for copper wire in an anorak hood.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Compass 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
Compass Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Compass Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.