Compass Island is a small rocky island 15 metres (50 ft) high, lying in Marguerite Bay 13 kilometres (7 nmi) northwest of the Terra Firma Islands. It was first seen and photographed from the air on 1 February 1937 by the British Graham Land Expedition. It was first visited by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1948, surveyed by them in 1949, and so named by them because of difficulties experienced here with compass bearings, eventually proved to be due to substitution of iron for copper wire in an anorak hood.[1]

Compass Island

Compass Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	68°38′S 67°48′W
Highest elevation	15 m (49 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Compass Island". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

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