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.

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