Feature Name (see definition): Dismal Island

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 3899

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 68° 06' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 068° 50' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.1

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.8333333

Elevation (see definition): 60

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963

Description (see definition): Island, 1 mi long and 60 m high, which is mainly ice covered and is the largest of the Faure Islands, lying in Marguerite Bay off the W coast of Graham Land. The Faure Islands were discovered and first charted in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE) under Charcot. The group was visited and surveyed in 1949 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who so named this island for its appearance of extreme desolation and lifelessness.

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