Pio Point
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Molly Hill and Stejneger Peak.
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.
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.
Elliott Rock
Elliott Rock is a rock lying in Stewart Strait, close west of Bird Island, off the west end of South Georgia. It was positioned by Discovery Investigations personnel under Lieutenant Commander J.M.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cordall Stacks and Heron Passage.
Cordall Stacks
Locality
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.
Heron Passage
Locality
The Willis Islands are a small archipelago to the west of South Georgia Island in the South Georgia Islands. They are 2 miles west of Bird Island, separated by the Stewart Strait. Heron Passage is situated 7 km west of Pio Point.
Begg 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. Begg Point is situated 8 km southeast of Pio Point.
Pio Point
- Type: Locality
- Description: Bird Island, south Atlantic Ocean
- Category: point
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.01733° or 54° 1′ 2″ southLongitude
-38.08161° or 38° 4′ 54″ westOpen location code
39Q3XWM9+39OpenStreetMap ID
node 3384376387OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
10787689Wikidata ID
Q393623
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Pio Point” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “皮奧角”
- German: “Pio Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pio Point”
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