Skua Island
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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 DI
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.
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
immediately northeast of Prion Island
Prion Island
Prion Island is an island 1.5 miles north-northeast of Luck Point, lying in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. Charted in 1912-13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy, and so named because he observed petrels of the genus Prion on the island.The area including the Bay...
in the entrance to the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. Charted in 1912-13 by Robert Cushman Murphy
Robert Cushman Murphy
Robert Cushman Murphy was an American ornithologist and former Lamont curator of birds for the American Museum of Natural History....
, American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy. Surveyed in 1929-30 by DI
Discovery Investigations
The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean. They were funded by the British Colonial Office and organised by the Discovery Committee in London, which was formed in 1918...
personnel and named in association with Albatross Island
Albatross Island (South Georgia)
Albatross Island is an island southeast of Cape Buller, lying in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. Charted in 1912–13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy, who gave this name because he observed albatrosses there....
, Prion Island
Prion Island
Prion Island is an island 1.5 miles north-northeast of Luck Point, lying in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. Charted in 1912-13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy, and so named because he observed petrels of the genus Prion on the island.The area including the Bay...
and other natural history names given in the Bay of Isles
Bay of Isles
The Bay of Isles is a bay wide and receding , lying between Cape Buller and Cape Wilson along the north coast of South Georgia. It was discovered in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook and so named by him because numerous islands lie in the bay, many of which are named after local birds...
by Murphy in 1912-13.