Corry Island

Corry Island

Corry Island (63°43′S 57°31′W / 63.717°S 57.517°W / -63.717; -57.517) is an island 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) long and 510 m high, lying off the south coast of Trinity Peninsula between Vega and Eagle Islands. This is believed to be the feature sighted by a British expedition under Ross, 1839–43, and named Cape Corry for Thomas L. Corry, a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty. In 1945, the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) charted an archipelago in this area. The present application of this name is in accord with the FIDS "that the name of Corry should be perpetuated on the most conspicuous of these islands as seen from eastward (the direction from which it was seen by Ross)."

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