 Mountaintop view of Vega Island | |
  Vega Island Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Graham Land, Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 63°50′S 57°25′W / 63.833°S 57.417°W |
| Archipelago | James Ross Island group |
| Width | 3 km (1.9 mi) |
Vega Island (63°50′S 57°25′W / 63.833°S 57.417°W) is an island in Antarctica, 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) long and 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) wide, which is the northernmost of the James Ross Island group and lies in the west part of Erebus and Terror Gulf. It is separated from James Ross Island by Herbert Sound and from Trinity Peninsula by Prince Gustav Channel.[1]
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 778.