Cordall Stacks
The Cordall Stacks are two conspicuous rock stacks, the eastern one joined to Bird Island, South Georgia, by a low isthmus, lying on the northwest side of the island 0.3 nautical miles northwest of Jordan Cove.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stejneger Peak and Gazella Peak.
Stejneger Peak
Peak
Stejneger Peak is a conspicuous rocky peak, 190 m, at the head of Evermann Cove on Bird Island, South Georgia. Surveyed by the South Georgia Biological Expedition, 1958–59.
Gazella Peak
Peak
Gazella Peak is a peak rising over 120 metres between Roche Peak and the Cordall Stacks on the north side of Bird Island, South Georgia. It was charted by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1963 after the species name of the Antarctic fur seal, which breeds in considerable numbers on Bird Island.
Molly Hill
Peak
Molly Hill is a hill between Evermann Cove and Johnson Cove on western Bird Island, South Georgia, an island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. The name derives from the black-browed albatross or "mollymawk" which breeds on the hill in large numbers.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pio Point and Pyramid Point.
Pio Point
Locality
Pio Point is a point forming the north side of the entrance to Johnson Cove at the west end of Bird Island, South Georgia. Roughly charted by DI personnel on the Discovery in the period 1926-30 and surveyed by HMS Owen in 1960–61.
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. Pyramid Point is situated 7 km east of Cordall Stacks.
Cordall Stacks
- Type: Rock
- Description: two rock stacks at South Georgia
- Categories: stack and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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