Francis Island

Francis Island is an island which is irregular in shape, 13 kilometres (7 nmi) long and 9 kilometres (5 nmi) wide, lying 22 kilometres (12 nmi) east-northeast of Choyce Point, off the east coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was discovered and photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service in 1940. It was charted in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who named it for S.J. Francis, a FIDS surveyor.^[1]

Francis Island

Francis Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	67°37′S 64°45′W
Length	13 km (8.1 mi)
Width	9 km (5.6 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

1. "Francis Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 6 April 2012.

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Francis Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.