Coal Island
Coal Island is a small tussock-covered island with off-lying rocks marking the west side of the entrance to Coal Harbor, near the west end of South Georgia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Survey Isthmus and The Knob.
Survey Isthmus
Mountain saddle
Undine Harbour is a small bay at the head of the embayment between Cape Paryadin and Cape Chaplin on the south coast of South Georgia.
The Knob
Peak
Elsehul is a bay along the north coast of South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Elsehul is approximately 0.5 miles wide, and is separated from nearby Undine Harbour by the narrow Survey Isthmus.
Hesse Peak
Peak
Hesse Peak is, at 515 metres, the highest peak on Paryadin Ridge, lying midway between Cape Alexandra and Cape Paryadin at the west end of South Georgia. It was charted and named by a German expedition under Kohl-Larsen in 1928–29. Hesse Peak is situated 3 km west of Coal Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bill Inlet and Matthews Point.
Bill Inlet
Locality
Undine Harbour is a small bay at the head of the embayment between Cape Paryadin and Cape Chaplin on the south coast of South Georgia.
Matthews Point
Locality
Undine Harbour is a small bay at the head of the embayment between Cape Paryadin and Cape Chaplin on the south coast of South Georgia.
Pyramid Point
Locality
Elsehul is a bay along the north coast of South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Elsehul is approximately 0.5 miles wide, and is separated from nearby Undine Harbour by the narrow Survey Isthmus.
Coal Island
- Type: Island
- Description: small sub-Antarctic island close to South Georgia Island
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Coal Island” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “煤島”
- German: “Coal Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Coal Island”
- Spanish: “Isla Coal”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Coal Harbour and Bill Inlet.
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