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Willis Islands
The Willis Islands are a small archipelago to the west of South Georgia Island in the South Georgia Islands. 2 km) west of Bird Island, separated by the Stewart Strait. They were discovered on 14 January 1775 by Captain James Cook and named for Cook's midshipman Thomas Willis, the crew member who first sighted them.
Overview
The Willis Islands are a small archipelago to the west of South Georgia Island in the South Georgia Islands. They are 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Bird Island, separated by the Stewart Strait. They were discovered on 14 January 1775 by Captain James Cook and named for Cook's midshipman Thomas Willis, the crew member who first sighted them. The Willis Islands were charted in greater detail and individually named by Discovery Investigations (DI) personnel between 1926 and 1930.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands2
- Minor islands1
- Islets19
- Rocks & skerries1
Major islands
Main Island
- Area
- 4.4 km²
- High point
- 551 m
The Willis Islands are a small archipelago to the west of South Georgia Island in the South Georgia Islands. 2 km) west of Bird Island, separated by the Stewart Strait. They were discovered on 14 January 1775 by Captain James Cook and named for Cook's midshipman Thomas Willis, the crew member who first sighted them.
Trinity Island
- Area
- 0.76 km²
- High point
- 219 m
The Willis Islands are a small archipelago to the west of South Georgia Island in the South Georgia Islands. 2 km) west of Bird Island, separated by the Stewart Strait. They were discovered on 14 January 1775 by Captain James Cook and named for Cook's midshipman Thomas Willis, the crew member who first sighted them.
Minor islands
Hall Island
- Area
- 0.13 km²
- High point
- 72 m
Islets
- Vaughan Island4 m · 0.07 km²
- Proud Island50 m · 0.07 km²
- Unnamed island13 m · 0.06 km²
- Unnamed island29 m · 0.05 km²
- Unnamed island3 m · 0.03 km²
- Unnamed island0.02 km²
- Unnamed island7 m · 0.02 km²
- Unnamed island3 m · 0.01 km²
- Unnamed island9 m · 0.01 km²
- Unnamed island4 m · 0.01 km²
- Unnamed island6 m · 0.9 ha
- Unnamed island1 m · 0.7 ha
Rocks & skerries
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
Figures
Comparative heights
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Main Island | 4.4 km² |
| Trinity Island | 0.76 km² |
| Hall Island | 0.13 km² |
| Vaughan Island | 0.07 km² |
| Proud Island | 0.07 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.06 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.05 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.03 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.9 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.7 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.7 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.5 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.5 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.5 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.4 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.4 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |