Feature Name (see definition): Sorge Island

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 14211

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
67° 11' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
067° 43' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.1833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.7166667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965

Description (see definition): Island lying just S of The Gullet in Barlas Channel, close E of Adelaide Island. Mapped by Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from surveys and air photos, 1948-59. Named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for Ernst F.W. Sorge, German glaciologist who made the first seismic soundings of the Greenland ice sheet, 1929-31, and developed a theory of the densification of firn.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data