Skua Island
Skua Island is an island immediately northeast of Prion Island in the entrance to the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. Charted in 1912-13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Skua Islet”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Outer Lee Island and Inner Lee Island.
Outer Lee Island
Islet
Outer Lee Island is a small island 1.5 nautical miles north-northwest of Bellingshausen Point, lying in the outer part of the Bay of Isles, South Georgia.
Inner Lee Island
Islet
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
Inner Lee Island is a small island 1.3 km north-northeast of Luck Point, lying in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. This island was charted in 1912–13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, an American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy, who included it as one of two islands which he called the "Lee Islands". Inner Lee Island is situated 2½ km south of Skua Island.
Petrel Island
Islet
Petrel Island is an island 1.2 km southwest of Prion Island, lying in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. First charted in 1912-13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy. Petrel Island is situated 3 km southwest of Skua Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Prince Olav Harbour and Salisbury Plain.
Prince Olav Harbour
Locality
Prince Olav Harbour is a small harbour in the south west portion of Cook Bay, entered between Point Abrahamsen and Sheep Point, along the north coast of South Georgia. Prince Olav Harbour is situated 8 km southeast of Skua Island.
Salisbury Plain
Locality
Photo: Pismire, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Salisbury Plain is a broad coastal plain found with the Bay of Isles on the north coast of South Georgia. It lies between the mouths of Grace and Lucas glaciers on the southern coast of the bay, with Mount Ashley south of it. Salisbury Plain is situated 8 km southwest of Skua Island.
Dinghy Point
Locality
Prince Olav Harbour is a small harbour in the south west portion of Cook Bay, entered between Point Abrahamsen and Sheep Point, along the north coast of South Georgia. Dinghy Point is situated 8 km southeast of Skua Island.
Skua Island
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-54.01947° or 54° 1′ 10″ southLongitude
-37.2479° or 37° 14′ 52″ westOpen location code
39Q4XQJ2+6ROpenStreetMap ID
way 4751245OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Skua Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Skua Island”
- Chinese: “斯庫亞島”
- Dutch: “Skua Island”
- German: “Skua Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skua Island i Sør-Georgia”
- Spanish: “Isla Skua”
- Swedish: “Skua Island”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Skua Island”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.