Skua Island

Skua Island (54°1′S 37°15′W) 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.[1]

For the island in the Bellingshausen Seaa, see Skua Island (Antarctica).

Rescue Rock (54°0′S 37°14′W) is a submerged rock marked by breakers, 0.6 nautical miles (1.1 km) northeast of Skua Island. It was charted in 1930 by DI survey personnel. So named because a whale catcher passing near this rock sighted a flag on Skua Island, eventually leading to the rescue of the survey party at Camp Bay where their vessel had run aground.[2]

See also
  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References
  1. "Skua Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  2. "Rescue Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2019-04-16.


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