Crescent Island
Crescent Island is a small, roughly crescent-shaped island lying close south of Mollyhawk Island in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. It was roughly charted in 1912–13 by Robert Cushman Murphy.- Type: Islet
- Description: island of South Georgia
- Also known as: “Crescent Islet”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Mollyhawk Island and Invisible Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Salisbury Plain.
Salisbury Plain
Locality
Crescent Island
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.01478° or 54° 0′ 53″ south
Longitude
-37.31672° or 37° 19′ 0″ west
Open location code
39Q4XMPM+38
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Crescent Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Crescent Island”
- Chinese: “克雷森特島”
- Dutch: “Crescent Island”
- French: “Crescent Island”
- German: “Crescent Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Crescent Island”
- Spanish: “Isla Media Luna”
- Swedish: “Crescent Island”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: The Spike and Albatross Island.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Invisible Island and Albatross Island.
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