Shagnasty Island

Coordinates: 60°44′S 45°38′W / 60.733°S 45.633°W / -60.733; -45.633
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South Orkney Islands.

Shagnasty Island is a small, rocky ice-free

Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). The name, applied by FIDS, arose from the unpleasant state of the island due to its occupation by a large colony of blue-eyed shags (Phalicrocorax atriceps).[1]

See also

  • List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

References

  1. ^ "Shagnasty Island, Antarctica - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates". geographic.org. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Shagnasty Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 60°44′S 45°38′W / 60.733°S 45.633°W / -60.733; -45.633