Francis Island

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Francis Island
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Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Length 13 km (8.1 mi)
Width 9 km (5.6 mi)
Country
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Francis Island is an island which is irregular in shape, 13 kilometres (7 nmi) long and 9 kilometres (5 nmi) wide, lying 22 kilometres (12 nmi) east-northeast of Choyce Point, off the east coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was discovered and photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service in 1940. It was charted in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who named it for S.J. Francis, a FIDS surveyor.[1]

See also

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


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