Skua Island

Skua Island (54°1′S 37°15′W / 54.017°S 37.250°W / -54.017; -37.250Coordinates: 54°1′S 37°15′W / 54.017°S 37.250°W / -54.017; -37.250) 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.

See also

List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

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