Bayly Island
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| Location: | 55°1’51"S, 34°42’30"W |
| Highest point: | 490 feet |
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Bayly Island is the most easterly rock of the western group of the Clerke Rocks. It is about 500 yards across with a central peak some 490 feet above mean sea level.
The island supports large breeding colonies of Antarctic seabirds.
Bayly Island is named after William Bayl(e)y, astronomer on HMS Adventure which accompanied Cook on his second voyage of exploration when he discovered Clerke Rocks in 1775.
References
- Gazetteer and Map of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Bayly Island
