Feature Name (see definition): Maipo Island

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 9307

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
64° 25' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
062° 17' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.4166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.2833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

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

Description (see definition): A low, snow-covered island lying at the entrance to Buls Bay, eastern Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. The island was first roughly charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE), 1897-99. The name appears on a 1947 Chilean government chart and commemorates the work of the Maipo, an oil tanker which participated in several Chilean Antarctic expeditions during the 1940s and 1950s.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data