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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Prion Islet”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Skua Island and Outer Lee Island.
Skua Island
Islet
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.
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".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Salisbury Plain and Prince Olav Harbour.
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 7 km southwest of Prion Island.
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 Prion 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 9 km southeast of Prion Island.
Prion Island
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Prion Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Prion Island (pulo sa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)”
- Cebuano: “Prion Island”
- Chinese: “普里昂島”
- Dutch: “Prion Island”
- German: “Prion Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Prion Island”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Prion”
- Spanish: “Isla Prion”
- Spanish: “Isla Prión”
- Swedish: “Prion Island”
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Prion Island”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.