Hall Island, Willis Islands

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Hall Island

Willis Islands
(South Georgia and
the South Sandwich Islands
)

Location

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Location: 54°0’23"N, 38°8’34"W
Data

Hall Island is one of the Willis Islands, which lie off the western tip of South Georgia. It lies between the Verdant Islands and Proud Island.

This isle was named after Captain Geoffrey Penrose Dickinson Hall (b. 1916), commanding HMS Owen during the hydrographic survey of this area in 1960-61; and who served as Hydrographer of the Navy 1971-75.

References

  • Gazetteer and Map of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Hall 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:

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