Saddle Island, South Georgia Explained

Saddle Island is 1.98km (01.23miles) long and 980m (3,220feet) wide,^[1] situated on the south side of the entrance to Wilson Harbour on the west coast of South Georgia Island in the Antarctic. The island is separated from the mainland of South Georgia by a 280m (920feet) wide passage.^[1]

Location

Saddle Island is located at, which is 18.9km (11.7miles) southeast of Cape Paryadin, 29.1km (18.1miles) west of Peggotty Bluff, and 26.3km (16.3miles) northwest of Cape Nuñez.^[1]

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• List of Antarctic islands north of 60° S

Map

• South Georgia. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1958.

External links

• Saddle Island — Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP) Data Portal
• Croxall. J.P.. 18 June 1979. Distribution and population changes in the wandering albatross Diomedea Exulans at South Georgia. . Cambridge, England. British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). https://web.Archive.org/web/20101011081622/http://ArdeaJournal.NatuurInfo.nl/ardeapdf/a67-015-021.pdf. 11 October 2010.

Notes and References

1. Distances measured by Google Earth