Islands
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands

St Andrews Bay

Saint Andrews Bay is a bight 2 miles wide, indenting the north coast of South Georgia immediately south of . Probably first sighted by the British expedition under Cook which explored the north coast of South Georgia in 1775.
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  • Type: Bay
  • Description: bay in South Georgia
  • Also known as: “Little Bucht”, “St Andrews Bay, South Georgia”, “St. Andrew Bay”, and “St. Andrews Bay”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Skittle.

Peak
Photo: Liam Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a prominent rocky mountain, 480 m, forming the north limit of Saint Andrews Bay on the north coast of South Georgia. The name "Kegel-Berg" was given for this feature by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations, 1882–83.

St Andrews Bay

Latitude
-54.4425° or 54° 26′ 33″ south
Longitude
-36.17266° or 36° 10′ 22″ west
Open location code
39Q5HR5G+2W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5263289406
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
3426303
Wiki­data ID
Q2879726
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Satellite Map

Discover St Andrews Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“St Andrews Bay” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Saint Andrews Bay (luuk sa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)”
  • Cebuano: “Saint Andrews Bay”
  • Chinese: “聖安德魯斯灣”
  • Esperanto: “Golfo de Sankta Andreo”
  • French: “baie de St Andrews”
  • French: “Baie de St Andrews”
  • German: “Saint Andrews Bay”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saint Andrews Bay”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “St Andrews Bay i Sør-Georgia”
  • Spanish: “Bahia San Andres”
  • Spanish: “Bahía San Andrés”
  • Swedish: “Saint Andrews Bay”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include King penguin and Mount Hunt.

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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 “St Andrews Bay”. Photo: Liam Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.