Beak Island
| Beak Island | ||
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| Waters | Prince Gustav Canal | |
| Archipelago | Islas Águila | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 37 '11 " S , 57 ° 18' 48" W | |
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| length | 6 km | |
Beak Iceland ( English for Schnabel island is) a 6/2 circular and up to km long, 360 m high island off the east coast of Trinity Peninsula at the northern end of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the northeastern part of the Prince Gustav Canal , it lies northeast of Eagle Island , from which it is separated by the 350 m wide Paso Vidaurrazaga strait .
The island was probably discovered during the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) led by Otto Nordenskjöld . The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey gave it the descriptive name based on its shape and because of its geographical location to Eagle Island and Tail Island .
Web links
- Beak Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Beak Island on geographic.org (English)