Bird Island (Spanish: Isla Pájaro) is 4.8 kilometres (3 mi) long and 800 metres (875 yd) wide, separated from the western end of South Georgia by Bird...
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inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands known as the South Sandwich Islands. South Georgia is 165 kilometres...
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Many other small islands in the Paraguay River. South Georgia (also claimed by Argentina) Bird Island, South Georgia South Sandwich Islands (also claimed...
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South Georgia is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...
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along South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The largest is Johns Island, South Carolina. Sapelo Island is home to the Gullah people. All of the islands are...
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northwest of Cooper Island, indenting the southeast end of South Georgia, which derives its name from Cooper Island. The island reaches 416 metres (1...
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Bird Island or Bird Islands may refer to: Bird Island (Namibia) Bird Island, Seychelles Bird Island Airport Bird Island, Algoa Bay, South Africa Bird...
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"Courtship behaviour of the Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans at Bird Island, South Georgia" (PDF). Marine Ornithology. 29 (1): 29–37. Archived (PDF) from...
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subantarctic island of South Georgia and its accompanying archipelago, and is a vagrant to the South Sandwich Islands. It was among the birds noted by James...
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The South Georgia pipit (Anthus antarcticus) is a sparrow-sized bird only found on the South Georgia archipelago off the Antarctic Peninsula. It is the...
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Albatross (redirect from Goonie bird)
"Courtship behaviour of the Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans at Bird Island, South Georgia" (PDF). Marine Ornithology. 29: 29–37. Anderson, D.J. & Cruz,...
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The history of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is relatively recent. When European explorers discovered the islands, they were uninhabited...
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Gentoo penguin (redirect from South Georgia gentoo penguin)
moderate overall decline in the species population. Examples include Bird Island, South Georgia, where the population has fallen by two-thirds over 25 years....
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Alaska, California, and South Dakota permit hunting of their state birds. Alabama, Georgia, Massachusetts, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Tennessee...
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attained by South Georgia Diving Petrel Pelecanoides georgicus at Bird Island, South Georgia". Antarctic Science. 4 (4): 433–434. Bibcode:1992AntSc...4..433P...
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Simons Island (or simply St. Simons) is a barrier island and census-designated place (CDP) located on St. Simons Island in Glynn County, Georgia, United...
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and trends of South Georgia Shags (Leucocarbo [atriceps] georgianus) at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands and Bird Island, South Georgia". Polar Biology...
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Snowy albatross (category Birds of islands of the Atlantic Ocean)
wingspan of any living bird, reaching upwards of 3.5 m (11 ft), with a mean span of 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in) in Bird Island, South Georgia. Wingspan measured an...
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Rocks South Georgia Annenkov Island Bird Island Cooper Island Grassholm Grass Island Pickersgill Islands Welcome Islands Willis Islands Main Island Trinity...
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Islands, and Bouvet Island are protected as nature reserves, with Bird Island, South Georgia, being a site of special scientific interest. The seals are further...
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Jekyll Island is located off the coast of the U.S. state of Georgia, in Glynn County. It is one of the Sea Islands and one of the Golden Isles of Georgia barrier...
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British sovereignty of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is disputed by Argentina. The United Kingdom claimed South Georgia in 1775 (at the time...
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of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands was granted in 1985, upon the creation of the territory. Prior to 1985, South Georgia and the South Sandwich...
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a British film production company Goldcrest Point, a point of Bird Island, South Georgia Goldcrest, a cultivar of Cupressus macrocarpa USS Goldcrest, a...
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Roché Peak (category South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands geography stubs)
the highest feature on Bird Island, South Georgia. It stands 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) west of the east extremity of the island. The name La Roche Strait...
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Island is one of the Sea Islands located on the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the U.S. state of Georgia approximately twenty miles by water south from...
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Sapelo Island /ˈsæpəloʊ/ is a state-protected barrier island located in McIntosh County, Georgia. The island is accessible only by boat; the primary ferry...
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Clerke Rocks (redirect from Clerke Rocks (South Georgia))
The Clerke Rocks are a group of small rocky islands some 35 miles (56 km) southeast of South Georgia that extend 5 miles (8.0 km) from east to west. The...
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Arnould, J.P.Y.; Croxall, J.P. (1997). "Marine debris surveys at Bird Island, South Georgia 1990–1995". Marine Pollution Bulletin. 34 (1): 61–65. Bibcode:1997MarPB...
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