Corry Island

Corry Island
Corry Island

Location in Antarctica

Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 63°43′S 57°31′W / 63.717°S 57.517°W / -63.717; -57.517Coordinates: 63°43′S 57°31′W / 63.717°S 57.517°W / -63.717; -57.517
Length 4 km (2.5 mi)
Highest elevation 510 m (1,670 ft)
Administration
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Corry Island is an island 4 kilometres (2 nmi) long and 510 metres (1,670 ft) high, lying off the south coast of the Trinity Peninsula between Vega Island and Eagle Island. This is believed to be the feature sighted by a British expedition under James Clark Ross, 1839–43, and named Cape Corry for Thomas L. Corry, a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty. In 1945, the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) charted an archipelago in this area. The present application of this name is in accord with the 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)."[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Corry Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-11-26.

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


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