Feature Name (see definition): Enterprise Island

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 4538

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 32' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 062° 00' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.5333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62

Elevation (see definition): No data

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

Description (see definition): Island 1.5 mi long lying at the NE end of Nansen Island in Wilhelmina Bay, off the W coast of Graham Land. This island and Nansen Island were first charted as one feature and named "Ile Nansen" by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE) under Gerlache in 1898. The islands became well known to whalers operating in the area in the early 1900s and the names North and South Nansen Islands were used to distinguish them. Since Nansen Island has now become established for the larger feature, a new name has been given to the smaller by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC), commemorating the enterprise of the whalers who made the anchorage at the S side of the island (Foyn Harbor) a major center of summer industry during the period 1916-30.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data