This page presents the geographical name data for
Eagle 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):
Eagle Island
Feature Class
(see definition):
Island
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
4239
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
63° 40' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
057° 29' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-63.6666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-57.4833333
Elevation
(see definition):
560
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1952
Description
(see definition):
Island 5 mi long and 4 mi wide, rising to 560 m on the NE side. It is the largest island in the archipelago which lies between Trinity Peninsula and Vega Island. Probably first seen by a party under J. Gunnar Andersson of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (SwedAE), 1901-04. Eagle Island was charted in 1945 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named after the ship Eagle, used by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS).
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Eagle 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
Eagle Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Eagle Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.