Islands
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands

Iris Bay

Iris Bay is a small bay immediately south of Muller Point at the east end of South Georgia, lying 6 miles northwest of , along the embayment between Cape Vahsel and .
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Bay
  • Description: bay in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Sandwich Bay”

Iris Bay

Latitude
-54.7035° or 54° 42′ 13″ south
Longitude
-35.93551° or 35° 56′ 8″ west
Open location code
39Q673W7+JQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6026969510
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
3426430
Wiki­data ID
Q6070159
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Satellite Map

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

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Iris Bay” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Iris Bay (luuk sa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)”
  • Cebuano: “Iris Bay”
  • Chinese: “艾里斯灣”
  • German: “Iris Bay”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Iris Bay”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Iris Bay”
  • Norwegian: “Iris Bay”
  • Swedish: “Iris Bay (vik i Sydgeorgien och Sydsandwichöarna)”
  • Swedish: “Iris Bay”
  • Vietnamese: “Iris”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Brambleleaf Island and Wasp 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 “Iris Bay”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.