Vortex Island
Vortex Island (63°44′S 57°38′W / 63.733°S 57.633°WCoordinates: 63°44′S 57°38′W / 63.733°S 57.633°W) is an island 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) long and 245 m high, lying in the northeast part of Prince Gustav Channel about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west-southwest of Corry Island, close south of Trinity Peninsula. Islands in this area were first seen by a party under J. Gunnar Andersson of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04. Vortex Island was first charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in August 1945. The FIDS survey party was forced to lie idle there by a whirlwind snowstorm, thus suggesting the name.
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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Vortex Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).