Feature Name (see definition): False Island Point

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 4752

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 63° 55' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 057° 20' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.9166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -57.3333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

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

Description (see definition): Headland 1 mi long and 0.5 mi wide, which is connected by a low, narrow, almost invisible isthmus to the S side of Vega Island, lying S of the NE end of Antarctic Peninsula. First sighted in February 1902 and charted as an island by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (SwedAE) under Nordenskjold. It was determined to be a part of Vega Island in 1945 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who applied this descriptive name.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data