Diomedea Island, South Georgia

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Diomedea Island

Kupriyanov Islands
(South Georgia and
the South Sandwich Islands
)

Location
Location: 54°45’21"S, 36°19’28"W
Highest point: height=
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Diomedea Island is one of the Kupriyanov Islands, which lie to the south-west of South Georgia (off the Novosilski Glacier).

Diomedea is to the west of Poncet Island. It is colonised by tussac grass and breeding wandering albatrosses; named after the Latin name for wandering albatrosses, Diomedea exulans.

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