20-954: Eagle Island may refer to: Antarctica [ edit ] Eagle Island, Antarctica Atlantic Ocean [ edit ] The former name of Speedwell Island , one of the Falkland Islands Australia [ edit ] Eagle Island (Queensland) Eagle Island (Western Australia) Canada [ edit ] One of the Tusket Islands in Nova Scotia Indian Ocean [ edit ] Eagle Islands , Chagos Archipelago Rémire Island (or Eagle Island), an island in Seychelles Ireland [ edit ] Eagle Island, County Mayo United Kingdom [ edit ] Eagle Island, County Fermanagh ,
40-578: A party under J. Gunnar Andersson of the SwedAE, 1901-04. Vortex Island was first charted by the FIDS in August 1945. The FIDS survey party was forced to lie idle there by a whirlwind snowstorm, thus suggesting the name. 63°48′S 57°17′W / 63.800°S 57.283°W / -63.800; -57.283 . A narrow island 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) long with a low summit on each end, lying in
60-923: A townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland United States [ edit ] Eagle Island (Alabama) , see List of islands of Alabama Eagle Island, Alaska , near Grayling, Alaska Eagle Island (Casco Bay, Maine) Eagle Island (Penobscot Bay, Maine) Eagle Island (Worcester County, Maryland) , see List of islands of Maryland Eagle Island (Massachusetts) , see List of islands of Massachusetts Eagle Island, in Sodus Bay (Lake Ontario), New York Eagle Island (North Carolina) , in New Hanover County, North Carolina Eagle Island (Pennsylvania) Eagle Island (Washington) Eagle Island (Wisconsin) Eagle Island Camp , New York In fiction [ edit ] A fictional island in
80-579: Is an island 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) long and 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) wide, rising to 560 metres (1,840 ft) on the NE side. It is the largest island in the archipelago which lies between Trinity Peninsula and Vega Island . Eagle Island is separated from the Antarctic mainland by the 1.77 km wide Aripleri Passage . It is volcanic in origin, having been K-Ar dated 1.7 ± 0.2 and 2.0 ± 0.2 million years old. It forms part of
100-568: The Antarctic Peninsula . It extends northeastward for about 130 km (80 mi) to Cape Dubouzet from an imaginary line connecting Cape Kater on the north-west coast and Cape Longing on the south-east coast. Prime Head is the northernmost point of this peninsula. Some 20 kilometers southeast of Prime Head is Hope Bay with the year-round Argentinian Esperanza Base . It was first sighted on 30 January 1820 by Edward Bransfield , Master, Royal Navy , immediately after his charting of
120-679: The James Ross Island Volcanic Group . Download coordinates as: Eagle Island is in Graham Land , to the southeast of the Trinity Peninsula , which is the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . Eyrie Bay and Duse Bay are to the north, and the south tip of Tabarin Peninsula is to the west. Erebus and Terror Gulf is to the southwest. Prince Gustav Channel to the south separates Eagle Island from Vega Island - Eagle Island
140-400: The 2019 animated film The Angry Birds Movie 2 See also [ edit ] Eagle Island State Park (disambiguation) All pages with titles containing Eagle Island [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
160-484: The center of a small bay 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) southeast of Cape Well-met , northern Vega Island . Discovered and named by the SwedAE, 1901-04, under Nordenskjold. [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey . Trinity Peninsula Trinity Peninsula is the northernmost part of
180-535: The island's snow cover. 63°39′S 57°34′W / 63.650°S 57.567°W / -63.650; -57.567 . A hill, 220 metres (720 ft) high, with a sheer cliff of reddish rock on its west side, surmounting the northwest point of Eagle Island. Surveyed and named descriptively by the FIDS in 1945. 63°38′S 57°27′W / 63.633°S 57.450°W / -63.633; -57.450 . A conspicuous, flat-topped peak with talus-covered slopes, 560 metres (1,840 ft) high, standing at
200-535: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eagle_Island&oldid=1100943900 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Eagle Island, Antarctica Eagle Island ( 63°40′S 57°29′W / 63.667°S 57.483°W / -63.667; -57.483 ( Eagle Island ) )
220-731: The medieval fortress of Aripleri in Southeastern Bulgaria. 63°38′S 57°21′W / 63.633°S 57.350°W / -63.633; -57.350 . A small ice-free volcanic rocks lying between Eagle Island and Beak Island, off Trinity Peninsula. Named by UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in association with Eagle and Beak Islands. 63°37′S 57°18′W / 63.617°S 57.300°W / -63.617; -57.300 . An arc-shaped island, 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) long and 360 metres (1,180 ft) high high, lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) northeast of Eagle Island in
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#1732855477355240-405: The most conspicuous of these islands as seen from eastward (the direction from which it was seen by Ross)". 63°44'S, 57°38'W An island 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) long and 245 metres (804 ft) high, lying in the northeast part of Prince Gustav Channel about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) west-southwest of Corry Island. Islands in this area were first seen by
260-515: The newly discovered South Shetland Islands nearby. In the century following the peninsula's discovery, chartmakers used various names (Trinity Land, Palmer Land, and Land of Louis Philippe) for this portion of it, each name having some historical merit. The recommended name derives from "Trinity Land", given by Bransfield during 1820 in likely recognition of the Corporation of Trinity House , Britain's historical maritime pilotage authority, although
280-562: The northeast part of Prince Gustav Channel. Islands in this area were first seen by a party under J. Gunnar Andersson of the SwedAE, 1901-04. Tail Island was charted by the FIDS in 1945, and so named by them because of its relative position to Eagle and Beak Islands. 63°41′S 57°42′W / 63.683°S 57.700°W / -63.683; -57.700 . A circular island 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) in diameter and 310 metres (1,020 ft) high, lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) west of Tail Island in
300-531: The northeast part of Prince Gustav Channel. Probably first seen in 1902-03 by members of the SwedAE under Nordenskjold. The FIDS surveyed Beak Island in 1945 and so named it because of its shape and relative position to nearby Tail and Eagle Islands. 63°40′S 57°37′W / 63.667°S 57.617°W / -63.667; -57.617 . A circular island 1.25 nautical miles (2.32 km; 1.44 mi) in diameter and 130 metres (430 ft) high high, lying midway between Egg Island and Eagle Island in
320-464: The northeast end of Eagle Island in Prince Gustav Channel. Discovered by the FIDS and so named following their 1945 survey. The name is descriptive of the slopes of the peak. 63°38′10″S 57°35′30″W / 63.63611°S 57.59167°W / -63.63611; -57.59167 A 1.77 kilometres (1.10 mi) wide passage between Eagle Island and Yatrus Promontory . Named after
340-462: The northeast part of Prince Gustav Channel. Probably first seen by a party under J. Gunnar Andersson of the SwedAE, 1901-04. It was charted in 1945 by the FIDS, who so named it because of its relative position to Tail, Eagle and Beak Islands. 63°43′S 57°31′W / 63.717°S 57.517°W / -63.717; -57.517 . An island 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) long and 510 metres (1,670 ft) high high, lying off
360-486: The precise application by him has not been identified with certainty and is a matter of different interpretation by Antarctic historians. On 16 November 1820, nearly a year after the peninsula's discovery by Bransfield, American explorer Nathaniel Palmer and his crew become the first to land on the peninsula. 63°37′S 058°20′W / 63.617°S 58.333°W / -63.617; -58.333 This Trinity Peninsula , Antarctica, location article
380-481: The south coast of 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 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
400-850: Was probably first seen by a party under Johan Gunnar Andersson of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (SwedAE), 1901-04. Eagle Island was charted in 1945 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named after the ship Eagle , used by the FIDS. During the Southern Hemisphere summer of 2019-2020 three melting events occurred on Trinity peninsula, in November 2019, January 2020, and particularly February 6–11, 2020, during which 106 millimeters of snow melted, forming melt ponds on Eagle Island. The nine day heatwave in early February 2020 melted about 20% of
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