Proud Island
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Proud Island | |
Willis Islands
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Location: | 54°-0’36"S, 38°8’15"W |
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Proud Island is the easternmost of the Willis Islands, which lie off the western tip of South Georgia.
This isle was named following the survey from HMS Owen in 1960-61: it was named descriptively, the expression "standing proud" meaning in naval parlance "sticking up".
References
- Gazetteer and Map of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Proud Island
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | |
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South Georgia: | Annenkov Island • Bird Island • Clerke Rocks • Cooper Island • Grass Island • Kupriyanov Islands • Pickersgill Islands • Saddle Island • Shag Rocks • South Georgia • Welcome Islands • Willis Islands • Trinity Island • Grassholm • Black Rocks • Black Rock |
South Sandwich Islands: |
Bellingshausen • Bristol • Candlemas • Cook • Leskov • Montagu • Saunders • Thule • Vindication • Visokoi • Zavodovski |