United Kingdom and South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
54°09′S 37°16′W
Vincent Islands
Vincent Islands (54°9′S 37°16′W) is a small group of islands at the head of King Haakon Bay on the south side of South Georgia. Roughly charted by the British expedition under Shackleton, 1914–16, and surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951–57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for J.
Overview
Vincent Islands (54°9′S 37°16′W) is a small group of islands at the head of King Haakon Bay on the south side of South Georgia. Roughly charted by the British expedition under Shackleton, 1914–16, and surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951–57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for J. Vincent, boatswain of the Endurance, 1914–16, who accompanied Shackleton in the James Caird from Elephant Island to King Haakon Bay.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands0
- Minor islands0
- Islets3
- Rocks & skerries5
Islets
- Unnamed island8 m · 0.02 km²
- Unnamed island7 m · 0.7 ha
- Unnamed island2 m · 0.2 ha
Rocks & skerries
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
Figures
Comparative heights
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.7 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |