Tail Island
Tail Island is located in Antarctica
Tail Island
Tail Island
Location in Antarctica
Tail Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Tail Island
Tail Island
Tail Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates63°40′S 57°37′W / 63.667°S 57.617°W / -63.667; -57.617
Highest elevation130 m (430 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Tail Island is a circular island 2.3 kilometres (1.25 nmi) in diameter and 130 m high, lying midway between Egg Island and Eagle Island in the northeast part of Prince Gustav Channel. Islands in this area were first seen by a party under J. Gunnar Andersson of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04. Tail Island was charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1945, and so named by them because of its relative position to Eagle and Beak islands.

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