Shag Island
Shag Island is an island in Heard Island and McDonald Islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Drury Rock and Sail Rock.
Drury Rock
Islet
Drury Rock is a rock, about 37 metres high, lying 0.3 nautical miles south-southeast of Shag Island and 6 nautical miles north of Heard Island. This rock, though positioned several miles too far westward, appears to have been first shown on an 1860 sketch map compiled by Captain H.C.
Sail Rock
Islet
Sail Rock is a rock lying 1 nautical mile northwest of Shag Island and 7 nautical miles north of Heard Island. This rock, though positioned several miles too far westward, appears to have been first shown on an 1860 sketch map compiled by Captain H.C.
Shag Island
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Shag Islet” and “Shag Rock”
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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Latitude
-52.91807° or 52° 55′ 5″ southLongitude
73.58212° or 73° 34′ 56″ eastElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
3JVM3HJJ+QROpenStreetMap ID
way 272244723OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
1547280Wikidata ID
Q25267334
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Turkish—“Shag Island” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Shag Island (Heard und McDonaldinseln)”
- Catalan: “illa Shag”
- Cebuano: “Shag Island”
- French: “Shag Island”
- German: “Shag Island”
- Slovenian: “Shag Island”
- Swedish: “Shag Island”
- Turkish: “Shag Adası (VI)”
- Turkish: “Shag Island”
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