Eagle Island, Antarctica

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Coordinates: 63°39′S 57°27′W / 63.65°S 57.45°W / -63.65; -57.45

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Eagle Island, Antarctica is one of several islands around the peninsula known as Graham Land, which is closer to South America than any other part of that continent. It is an island in the continent of Antarctica.[1] Separated from the Antarctic mainland by the 1.77 km wide Aripleri Passage.

Map

  • Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

References

  1. ↑ ESA Science & Technology: Graham Land


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.