Crescent Island
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Crescent Island is a small, roughly crescent-shaped island
lying close south of Mollyhawk Island in the Bay of Isles
, South Georgia. Roughly charted in 1912–13 by Robert Cushman Murphy
. Surveyed and named in 1929–30 by DI
personnel.
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
lying close south of Mollyhawk Island in the Bay of Isles
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. It was discovered in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook and so named by him because numerous islands lie in the bay, many of which are named after local birds...
, South Georgia. Roughly charted in 1912–13 by Robert Cushman Murphy
Robert Cushman Murphy
Robert Cushman Murphy was an American ornithologist and former Lamont curator of birds for the American Museum of Natural History....
. Surveyed and named in 1929–30 by DI
Discovery Investigations
The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean. They were funded by the British Colonial Office and organised by the Discovery Committee in London, which was formed in 1918...
personnel.
See also
- Temoe (Gambier Islands)Temoe (Gambier Islands)Temoe, or Te Moe, is a small atoll of the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia. It is located in the far southeast of the Tuamotu group archipelago...
- List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands