Feature Name (see definition): Corry Island

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 3189

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 63° 43' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 057° 31' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.7166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -57.5166667

Elevation (see definition): 510

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1952

Description (see definition): Island 2 mi long and 510 m high, lying off the S coast of Trinity Peninsula between Vega and Eagle Islands. This is believed to be the feature sighted by a British expedition under Ross, 1839-43, and named Cape Corry for Thomas L. Corry, a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty. In 1945, the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) charted an archipelago in this area. The present application of this name is in accord with the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) "that the name of Corry should be perpetuated on the most conspicuous of these islands as seen from eastward (the direction from which it was seen by Ross)."

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