Egg Island (Antarctica)

Egg Island

Egg Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	63°41′S 57°42′W / 63.683°S 57.700°W / -63.683; -57.700Coordinates: 63°41′S 57°42′W / 63.683°S 57.700°W / -63.683; -57.700
Width	2.8 km (1.74 mi)
Highest elevation	310 m (1,020 ft)
Administration
None
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Egg Island is a circular island 2.8 kilometres (1.5 nmi) in diameter and 310 m high, lying 1.9 kilometres (1 nmi) west of Tail Island in the northeast part of Prince Gustav Channel. Probably first seen by a party under J. Gunnar Andersson of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04. Egg Island was charted in 1945 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who so named it because of its relative position to Tail, Eagle and Beak Islands.

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Egg Island (Antarctica)" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).