Owen Shoals
Owen Shoals is an area of shoals 2.5 nautical miles northwest of the northwest extremity of Bird Island, South Georgia. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee after HMS Owen, which surveyed the feature in 1960–61.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pyramid Point and Low Rock Point.
Pyramid Point
Locality
Elsehul is a bay along the north coast of South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Pyramid Point is situated 6 km south of Owen Shoals.
Low Rock Point
Locality
Low Rock Point is a point forming the west side of the… Low Rock Point is situated 6 km southeast of Owen Shoals.
Cordall Stacks
Locality
The Cordall Stacks are two conspicuous rock stacks… Cordall Stacks is situated 8 km southwest of Owen Shoals.
Owen Shoals
- Type: Shoal
- Description: reef in the United Kingdom
- Categories: reef and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-53.97074° or 53° 58′ 15″ south
Longitude
-37.95854° or 37° 57′ 31″ west
Open location code
39R422HR+PH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=shoal
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Owen Shoals” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Owen Shoals (kagaangan)”
- Cebuano: “Owen Shoals”
- German: “Owen Shoals”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Owen Shoals”
- Swedish: “Owen Shoals”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Macaroni Cwm and Mountain Cwm.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Stina Rock and Snow Peak.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Grytviken and South Georgia Island.
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