Albatross Island
Albatross Island is a locality in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Albatross Island is situated nearby to the locality The Spike, as well as near Salisbury Plain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Invisible Island and Crescent Island.
Invisible Island
Islet
Invisible Island is a small, tussock-covered island lying close southeast of Crescent Island and Mollyhawk Island in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. It was charted in 1912–13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, an American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy, and was probably named by Discovery Investigations personnel who surveyed the Bay of Isles in 1929–30.
Crescent Island
Islet
Crescent Island is a small, roughly crescent-shaped island lying close south of Mollyhawk Island in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. It was roughly charted in 1912–13 by Robert Cushman Murphy.
Albatross Island
Island
Albatross Island is an small islet located 2 miles southeast of Cape Buller in the Bay of Isles. It is part of South Georgia, a British Overseas Territory to the east of Falkland Islands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Salisbury Plain.
Salisbury Plain
Locality
Photo: Pismire, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Salisbury Plain is a broad coastal plain found with the Bay of Isles on the north coast of South Georgia. It lies between the mouths of Grace and Lucas glaciers on the southern coast of the bay, with Mount Ashley south of it. Salisbury Plain is situated 5 km south of Albatross Island.
Albatross Island
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “The Pricker”
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.02258° or 54° 1′ 21″ southLongitude
-37.31915° or 37° 19′ 9″ westOpen location code
39Q4XMGJ+X8OpenStreetMap ID
node 9244444492OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
10787839
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In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“Albatross Island” goes by many names.
- German: “Albatross Island”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Albatroz”
- Spanish: “Isla Albatros”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Invisible Island and Mollyhawk Island.
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