Brain Island
Brain Island is an island at the north side of Husvik Harbor, in Stromness Bay, South Georgia. It was charted and named by DI personnel in 1928.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Barren and Parochlus Lake.
Mount Barren
Peak
Mount Barren is a mountain, 645 metres high, standing west of Husvik Harbour on the north coast of South Georgia. Its name is descriptive, and was probably given by the Discovery Investigations in 1926–30. Mount Barren is situated 4 km west of Brain Island.
Parochlus Lake
Lake
Parochlus Lake is a shallow lake at the head of Karrakatta Valley, to the west-northwest of Husvik Harbor, South Georgia. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1990 after the midge Parochlus steinenii, whose larvae abound near the margins of the lake. Parochlus Lake is situated 3½ km west of Brain Island.
Ruby Peak
Peak
Ruby Peak is a peak rising on the east side of Olsen Valley to the southwest of Jason Peak, South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1930 British Admiralty chart. This article incorporates public domain material from… Ruby Peak is situated 3½ km southeast of Brain Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Husvik and Leith Harbour.
Husvik
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Husvik is a former whaling station on the north-central coast of South Georgia Island. It was one of three such stations in Stromness Bay, the other two being Stromness and Leith Harbour.
Leith Harbour
Village
Photo: Harley D. Nygren, Public domain.
Leith Harbour, also known as Port Leith, was a whaling station on the northeast coast of South Georgia, established and operated by Christian Salvesen Ltd, Edinburgh. Leith Harbour is situated 4 km north of Brain Island.
Brain Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: islet at South Georgia Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-54.17511° or 54° 10′ 30″ southLongitude
-36.69773° or 36° 41′ 52″ westElevation
161 metres (528 feet)Open location code
39Q5R8F2+XWOpenStreetMap ID
way 533274368OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
3426569Wikidata ID
Q45493
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Brain Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Brain Island”
- Chinese: “布雷恩島”
- Dutch: “Brain Island”
- German: “Brain Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brain Island”
- Spanish: “Isla Brain”
- Swedish: “Brain Island”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Whalers Channel and Alert Channel.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Husvik Harbour and Bar Rocks.
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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 “Brain Island”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.