Bird Island

Bird Island is 4.8 kilometres long and 800 metres wide, separated from the western end of South Georgia by Bird Sound. It is part of the British overseas territory of , also claimed by Argentina as part of province.
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  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (40 feet)
  • Description: island in the Falkland Islands
  • Also known as
    “Bird Island, South Georgia”
    “Vogel Insel”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stejneger Peak and Gazella Peak.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cordall Stacks and Pio Point.
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Elsehul is a bay along the north coast of South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. is situated 7 km east of Bird Island.

Bird Island

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Latitude
-54.00444° or 54° 0′ 16″ south
Longitude
-38.05972° or 38° 3′ 35″ west
Open location code
39Q3XWWR+64
Geo­Names ID
3426579
Wiki­data ID
Q34048

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Bird Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة الطيور”
  • Asturian: “Islla Bird”
  • Catalan: “Illa Bird”
  • Cebuano: “Bird Island (pulo sa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)”
  • Cebuano: “Bird Island”
  • Chinese: “伯德島”
  • Dutch: “Bird Island”
  • Dutch: “Vogeleiland”
  • Esperanto: “Birdinsulo (Sud-Georgio)”
  • Esperanto: “Birdinsulo”
  • French: “Île Bird”
  • German: “Bird Island”
  • Hebrew: “בירד (אי)”
  • Italian: “Isola di Bird”
  • Japanese: “バード島”
  • Korean: “버드섬”
  • Latvian: “Bērdas sala”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bird Island”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Birdøya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bird Island i Sør-Georgia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Birdøya”
  • Norwegian: “Birdøya”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Fugolīeg, Sūþgeorgia”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Fugolīeg”
  • Persian: “جزیره برد٬ جورجیای جنوبی”
  • Persian: “جزیره برد”
  • Polish: “Bird Island”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Bird”
  • Russian: “Берд”
  • Spanish: “Isla Bird”
  • Spanish: “Isla Pájaro”
  • Swedish: “Bird Island”
  • Ukrainian: “Берд (Південна Джорджія)”
  • Ukrainian: “Берд”
  • Urdu: “برڈ آئی لینڈ، جنوبی جارجیا”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Bird and Begg Point.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Diver Point and Payne Creek.

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Highlights

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