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'''Skua Island''' is an island immediately northeast of [[Prion Island]] in the entrance to the [[Bay of Isles]], [[South Georgia]]. | '''Skua Island''' is an island immediately northeast of [[Prion Island]] in the entrance to the [[Bay of Isles]], [[South Georgia]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 20:22, 12 June 2020
Skua Island is an island immediately northeast of Prion Island in the entrance to the Bay of Isles, South Georgia.
Charted in 1912-13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy. Surveyed in 1929-30 by Discovery Investigations personnel and named in association with Albatross Island, Prion Island and other natural history names given in the Bay of Isles by Murphy in 1912-13.
References
- Gazetteer and Map of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Skua Island
- Location: 54°1’1"S, 37°15’0"W
