Bird Sound

Bird Sound is a hazardous but navigable sound, 1 nautical mile long and 0.5 nautical miles wide, separating from the west end of South Georgia.
  • Sound
  • Description: strait in the United Kingdom
  • Also known as
    “Bird Strait”
    “La Roche Strait”

Places of Interest

Discover Gony Point and Roché Peak.
Peak
is a high tussock-covered point 0.5 miles…
Peak
is a conspicuous peak rising to 365 metres…
is a rock lying 0.3 nautical miles west…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cordall Stacks and Pio Point.
Locality
The are two conspicuous rock stacks…
Locality
is a point forming the north side of the…
4 km west of Bird Sound
Locality
Elsehul is a bay along the north coast of South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
4½ km east of Bird Sound
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Latitude
-54.00778° or 54° 0′ 28″ south
Longitude
-38.025° or 38° 1′ 30″ west
Open location code
39Q3XXRF+VX
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

See this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bird Sound” goes by many names.
Bird SoundCebuano
伯德灣Chinese
Bird SoundNorwegian Nynorsk
Bird SoundSwedish

Notable Places Nearby

Discover Hornaday Rock and Pillar Rock.
“The world is so empty if we think of it only as mountains, rivers, and cities; but to know someone here and there who is in harmony with us… makes this earth an inhabited garden.”

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Highlights

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