Ample Bay
The Bay of Isles is a bay 9 miles wide and 3 miles deep, lying between Cape Buller and Cape Wilson along the north coast of South Georgia. It was discovered in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook and so named by him because numerous islands lie in the bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dot Island and Tern Island.
Dot Island
Islet
Dot Island in the sub-Antarctic is a tiny island lying 0.6 nautical miles west of Tern Island in the south part of the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. It was first charted by Robert Cushman Murphy in 1912–13 and surveyed in 1929–30 by Discovery Investigations personnel, who probably so named it because of its size and minute appearance when represented on charts.
Tern Island
Islet
Tern Island in the south part of the Bay of Isles, South Georgia is a small, tussock-covered island lying 1.6 km south of Albatross Island and 10 km east of Dot Island. Tern Island is situated 3½ km east of Ample Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Salisbury Plain.
Salisbury Plain
Locality
Photo: Pismire, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Salisbury Plain is a broad coastal plain found with the Bay of Isles on the north coast of South Georgia. It lies between the mouths of Grace and Lucas glaciers on the southern coast of the bay, with Mount Ashley south of it. Salisbury Plain is situated 3½ km southeast of Ample Bay.
Ample Bay
- Type: Bay
- Also known as: “Bahía Amplia” and “Ensenada Grande”
- Category: body of water
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-54.05° or 54° 3′ southLongitude
-37.38333° or 37° 23′ westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
39Q4XJ28+2MGeoNames ID
3426601
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