Willis Islands
The Willis Islands are a small archipelago to the west of South Georgia Island in the South Georgia Islands. They are 2 miles west of Bird Island, separated by the Stewart Strait.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island group
- Also known as: “Wallis Island”, “Willis Island”, and “Willis’s Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vaughan Island and Acorn Rock.
Vaughan Island
Islet
The Willis Islands are a small archipelago to the west of South Georgia Island in the South Georgia Islands. They are 2 miles west of Bird Island, separated by the Stewart Strait.
Acorn Rock
Islet
The Willis Islands are a small archipelago to the west of South Georgia Island in the South Georgia Islands. They are 2 miles west of Bird Island, separated by the Stewart Strait. Acorn Rock is situated 2½ km west of Willis Islands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Heron Passage and Pio Point.
Heron Passage
Locality
The Willis Islands are a small archipelago to the west of South Georgia Island in the South Georgia Islands. They are 2 miles west of Bird Island, separated by the Stewart Strait.
Pio Point
Locality
Pio Point is a point forming the north side of the entrance to Johnson Cove at the west end of Bird Island, South Georgia. Roughly charted by DI personnel on the Discovery in the period 1926-30 and surveyed by HMS Owen in 1960–61. Pio Point is situated 8 km east of Willis Islands.
Cordall Stacks
Locality
The Cordall Stacks are two conspicuous rock stacks, the eastern one joined to Bird Island, South Georgia, by a low isthmus, lying on the northwest side of the island 0.3 nautical miles northwest of Jordan Cove. Cordall Stacks is situated 9 km east of Willis Islands.
Willis Islands
- Categories: island group and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Willis Islands” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Islles Willis”
- Catalan: “Illes Willis”
- Cebuano: “Willis Islands”
- Chinese: “佩治沙洲”
- Chinese: “威利斯群岛”
- Chinese: “威利斯群島”
- Dutch: “Williseilanden”
- French: “Iles Willis”
- French: “îles Willis”
- French: “Îles Willis”
- German: “Willis-Inseln”
- German: “Willisinseln”
- Hebrew: “איי ויליס”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Willis Islands”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Willisøyene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Willis Islands”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Willisøyane”
- Norwegian: “Willisøyene”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Willisīega”
- Persian: “جزایر ویلیس”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Willis”
- Spanish: “Islas Willis”
- Swedish: “Willis Islands”
- Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Willis”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bird and Begg Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Heron Passage and Trinity Island.
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