Vaughan Island
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Acorn Rock.
Acorn Rock
Islet
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. Acorn Rock is situated 3½ km west of Vaughan Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Heron Passage and Pio Point.
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.
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. Pio Point is situated 7 km east of Vaughan Island.
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. Cordall Stacks is situated 8 km east of Vaughan Island.
Vaughan Island
- Type: Islet
- Also known as: “Sugarloaf Island”
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.00552° or 54° 0′ 20″ southLongitude
-38.18414° or 38° 11′ 3″ westOpen location code
39Q3XRV8+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
way 553637291OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Vaughan Island” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “沃恩島”
- German: “Vaughan Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vaughan Island”
- Spanish: “Isla Vaughan”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pugh Shoal and Holgate Shoal.
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