Feature Name (see definition): Splitwind Island

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 14408

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 65° 02' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 063° 56' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.0333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.9333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1971

Description (see definition): Island 0.25 mi long, lying off the N end of Booth Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE), 1903-05, and named by Charcot for Alphonse de Rothschild. To avoid confusion with Rothschild Island near Alexander Island, the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 recommended that the name be changed to Splitwind Island. Owing to some physical peculiarity, the wind south of this island is often very different from that north of it.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data