Petrel Island
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Petrel Islet”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Inner Lee Island and Invisible Island.
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".
Invisible Island
Islet
Invisible Island is a small, tussock-covered island lying close southeast of Crescent Island and Mollyhawk Island in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. It was charted in 1912–13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, an American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy, and was probably named by Discovery Investigations personnel who surveyed the Bay of Isles in 1929–30. Invisible Island is situated 3 km northwest of Petrel 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. Skua Island is situated 3 km northeast of Petrel Island.
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 5 km southwest of Petrel 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 9 km east of Petrel 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 east of Petrel Island.
Petrel Island
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.03813° or 54° 2′ 17″ southLongitude
-37.28382° or 37° 17′ 2″ westOpen location code
39Q4XP68+PFOpenStreetMap ID
way 4751238OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Petrel Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Petrel Island”
- Chinese: “佩特雷爾島”
- Dutch: “Petrel Island”
- German: “Petrel Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Petrel Island i Sør-Georgia”
- Spanish: “Isla Petrel”
- Swedish: “Petrel 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 “Petrel Island”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.