Prion Island
Prion Island is an island 2.4 km north-northeast of Luck Point, lying in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. It was charted in 1912–13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy, and so named because he observed prions on the island.
- Island
- …is also known as “Prion Islet”
- Description: island in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, United Kingdom
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Localities in the Area
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Salisbury Plain
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7 km southwest of Prion Island
Prince Olav Harbour
Prince Olav Harbour is a small harbour in the south…
8 km southeast of Prion Island
Dinghy Point
Prince Olav Harbour is a small harbour in the south…
9 km southeast of Prion Island
Prion Island
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.02361° or 54° 1′ 25″ south
Longitude
-37.25944° or 37° 15′ 34″ west
Open location code
39Q4XPGR+H6
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Prion Island” goes by many names.
Prion IslandCebuano
Prion Island (pulo sa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)Cebuano
普里昂島Chinese
Prion IslandDutch
Prion IslandNorwegian Nynorsk
Prion IslandSwedish
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