McCarthy Island
McCarthy Island is an island, 1 nautical mile long, lying in the entrance to King Haakon Bay on the south side of South Georgia. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Timothy McCarthy, a seaman on the Endurance during the British expedition under Ernest Shackleton, 1914–16.Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Cave Cove and McNish Island.
McNish Island
Islet
McNish Island is the larger of two islands lying…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peggotty Bluff.
Peggotty Bluff
Locality
King Haakon Bay, or King Haakon Sound, is an inlet…
9 km east of McCarthy Island
McCarthy Island
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Latitude
-54.16778° or 54° 10′ 4″ south
Longitude
-37.42332° or 37° 25′ 24″ west
Open location code
39Q4RHJG+VM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place = island
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“McCarthy Island” goes by many names.
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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