Proud Island

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Proud Island

Willis Islands
(South Georgia and
the South Sandwich Islands
)

Location

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Location: 54°-0’36"S, 38°8’15"W
Data

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
South Georgia: Annenkov IslandBird IslandClerke RocksCooper IslandGrass IslandKupriyanov IslandsPickersgill IslandsSaddle IslandShag RocksSouth GeorgiaWelcome IslandsWillis IslandsTrinity IslandGrassholmBlack RocksBlack Rock
South Sandwich Islands:

BellingshausenBristolCandlemasCookLeskovMontaguSaundersThuleVindicationVisokoiZavodovski