Stewart Strait
Stewart Strait is a strait 2 nautical miles wide between Bird Island and the Willis Islands, off the west end of South Georgia. The strait was navigated and charted by Captain James Cook in 1775; later called Willis Sound by sealers and whalers; recharted by DI in 1930 and named after Walter Stuart, Customs Officer in South Georgia at that time.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Strait
- Description: strait in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Estrecho Steward” and “Willis Sound”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Elliott Rock and Stejneger Peak.
Elliott Rock
Elliott Rock is a rock lying in Stewart Strait, close west of Bird Island, off the west end of South Georgia. It was positioned by Discovery Investigations personnel under Lieutenant Commander J.M.Stejneger Peak
Peak
Stejneger Peak is a conspicuous rocky peak, 190 m, at the head of Evermann Cove on Bird Island, South Georgia. Surveyed by the South Georgia Biological Expedition, 1958–59. Stejneger Peak is situated 2½ km east of Stewart Strait.
Molly Hill
Peak
Molly Hill is a hill between Evermann Cove and Johnson Cove on western Bird Island, South Georgia, an island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. The name derives from the black-browed albatross or "mollymawk" which breeds on the hill in large numbers. Molly Hill is situated 2½ km east of Stewart Strait.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pio Point and Cordall Stacks.
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.
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 3 km east of Stewart Strait.
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. Heron Passage is situated 5 km west of Stewart Strait.
Stewart Strait
- Category: body of water
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Stewart Strait” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Stewart Strait”
- Chinese: “斯圖爾特海峽”
- German: “Stewart Strait”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stewart Strait”
- Swedish: “Stewart Strait”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bird and Begg Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Johnson Cove and Goldcrest Point.
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