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43 relations: Albatross, Albatross Island (South Georgia), Alma mater, American Museum of Natural History, Anchor, Bay, Bay of Isles, British Antarctic Survey, Brown University, Cape Buller, Crescent Island, Deception Island, Discovery Investigations, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Frederic Augustus Lucas, Invisible Island, James Cook, Kelp gull, Latinisation of names, Mollyhawk Island, Murphy Wall, Ocean bank, Petrel, Petrel Island (South Georgia), President of the United States, Prion (bird), Prion Island, Pyramid Peak (South Georgia), Robert Cushman Murphy, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Shingle beach, Skua, Skua Island, Snowy sheathbill, South Georgia, South Georgia Survey, South Shetland Islands, Tern, Tern Island, South Georgia, Tussock grass, UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, United Kingdom, Woodrow Wilson.
Albatross
Albatrosses, of the biological family Diomedeidae, are large seabirds related to the procellariids, storm petrels, and diving petrels in the order Procellariiformes (the tubenoses).
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Albatross Island (South Georgia)
Albatross Island is an island southeast of Cape Buller, lying in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia.
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Alma mater
Alma mater (almae matres) is an allegorical Latin phrase used to proclaim a school that a person has attended or, more usually, from which one has graduated.
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American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.
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Anchor
An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, used to secure a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current.
Bay
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay.
Bay of Isles
The Bay of Isles is a bay wide and receding, lying between Cape Buller and Cape Wilson along the north coast of South Georgia.
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British Antarctic Survey
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute.
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Brown University
Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Cape Buller
Cape Buller is a rugged headland forming the west side of the entrance to the Bay of Isles on the north coast of South Georgia.
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Crescent Island
Crescent Island is a small, roughly crescent-shaped island lying close south of Mollyhawk Island in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia.
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Deception Island
Deception Island is in the South Shetland Islands close to the Antarctic Peninsula with a large and usually "safe" natural harbor, which is occasionally affected by the underlying active volcano.
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Discovery Investigations
The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean.
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Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Faddey Faddeyevich Bellingshausen or Fabian Gottlieb Benjamin von Bellingshausen (–) was a Russian cartographer, explorer, and naval officer of Baltic German descent, who attained the rank of admiral.
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Frederic Augustus Lucas
Frederic Augustus Lucas (March 25, 1852 – February 9, 1929) was a zoologist and taxidermist who served as a curator of the Brooklyn Museum and director of the American Museum of Natural History.
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Invisible Island
Invisible Island is a small, tussock-covered island lying close southeast of Crescent Island and Mollyhawk Island in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia.
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James Cook
Captain James Cook (– 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular.
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Kelp gull
The kelp gull (Larus dominicanus), also known as the Dominican gull, is a gull that breeds on coasts and islands through much of the Southern Hemisphere.
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Latinisation of names
Latinisation (or Latinization) of names, also known as onomastic Latinisation, is the practice of rendering a non-Latin name in a modern Latin style.
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Mollyhawk Island
Mollyhawk Island is a small, tussock-covered island lying between Seaward Rock and Crescent Island in the northern part of the Bay of Isles, South Georgia.
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Murphy Wall
Murphy Wall is a series of north–south trending peaks, the highest 905 m, resembling a wall along the west side of Grace Glacier on the north side of South Georgia.
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Ocean bank
An ocean bank, sometimes referred to as a fishing bank or simply bank, is a part of the seabed that is shallow compared to its surrounding area, such as a shoal or the top of an underwater hill.
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Petrel
Petrels are tube-nosed seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes.
Petrel Island (South Georgia)
Petrel Island is an island 1.2 km (0.75 miles) southwest of Prion Island, lying in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia.
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President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.
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Prion (bird)
The prions or whalebirds are small petrels in the genera Pachyptila and Halobaena.
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Prion Island
Prion Island is an island north-northeast of Luck Point, lying in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia.
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Pyramid Peak (South Georgia)
Pyramid Peak is a peak, high, surmounting Cape Buller at the west side of the entrance to the Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island.
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Robert Cushman Murphy
The whaling ship, ''Daisy'', which Murphy traveled on to the Antarctic Robert Cushman Murphy (April 29, 1887 – March 20, 1973) was an American ornithologist and Lamont Curator of birds at the American Museum of Natural History.
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Salisbury Plain, South Georgia
Salisbury Plain (Llanura de Salisbury) is a broad coastal plain found with the Bay of Isles on the north coast of South Georgia.
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Shingle beach
A shingle beach, also known as either a cobble beach or gravel beach, is a commonly narrow beach that is composed of coarse, loose, well-rounded, and waterworn gravel, called shingle.
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Skua
The skuas are a group of predatory seabirds with seven species forming the genus Stercorarius, the only genus in the family Stercorariidae.
Skua Island
Skua Island is an island immediately northeast of Prion Island in the entrance to the Bay of Isles, South Georgia.
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Snowy sheathbill
The snowy sheathbill (Chionis albus), also known as the greater sheathbill, pale-faced sheathbill, and paddy, is one of two species of sheathbill.
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South Georgia
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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South Georgia Survey
The South Georgia Survey was a series of expeditions to survey and map the island of South Georgia, led by Duncan Carse between 1951 and 1957.
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South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of.
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Tern
Terns are seabirds in the family Laridae, subfamily Sterninae, that have a worldwide distribution and are normally found near the sea, rivers, or wetlands.
Tern Island, South Georgia
Tern Island in the south part of the Bay of Isles, South Georgia 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.
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Tussock grass
Tussock grasses or bunch grasses are a group of grass species in the family Poaceae.
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UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI).
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921.
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References
Also known as Allardyce Harbor, Allardyce Harbour, Ample Bay, Austin Glacier, Barlas Bank, Bay of lsles, Beckmann Fjord, Bellingshausen Point, Breakwater Point, Brunonia Glacier, Camp Bay, Cape Wilson (South Georgia), Clayton Glacier, Daisy Point, Grace Glacier, Hecate Rock, Jock Point, Koppervik, Lucas Glacier, Luck Point, Markham Point, Paul Beach, Rosita Harbor, Rosita Harbour, Sea Leopard Fjord, Sheathbill Bay, Sunset Fjord.