Tern Island (South Georgia)

Location of Tern Island in the Bay of Isles

Tern Island in the south part of the Bay of Isles, South Georgia (54°3′S 37°20′W) is a small, tussock-covered island lying 1.6 km (1 mile) south of Albatross Island and 10 km (6 miles) east of Dot Island.

It was first charted in 1912-13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy. Surveyed in 1929-30 by DI personnel, who named it 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