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  1. Shag Rocks, South Georgia

    Infobox islands name Shag Rocks, South Georgia image name Shag Rocks en Route to South Georgia.jpg 300px image caption The Shag Rocks in January 2006 locator map map caption nickname location coordinates coord 53 33 S 42 02 W archipelago South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Georgia total ... islands of the area, including Black Rock, South Georgia Black Rock and Shag Rocks. The Falklands ... , but also over South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands . Black Rock and Shag Rocks are on the route from the Falkland Islands to South Georgia Island, on a seamount of Scotia Ridge . Britain won the 1982 Falklands War , and in 1985 formed its overseas territory of South Georgia and the South ... World Factbook Entry South Georgia http www.britlink.org shagrocks.html The Shag Rocks, South Atlantic ... Category Islands of South Georgia ang Scr f Cl das, S georgia ast Shag Rocks de Shag Rocks es Islas Aurora fr Shag Rocks no Shag Rocks S r Georgia pt Shag Rocks ... additional info The Shag Rocks lang es Islas Aurora are six small island s in the westernmost extreme of South Georgia , convert 240 km mi abbr on west of the main island of South Georgia and convert 1000 km mi abbr on off the Falkland Islands . The Shag Rocks are located at coord 53 33 S 42 02 W type isle display inline . convert 16 km mi sp us further southeast is Black Rock, South Georgia Black Rock . Black Rock is located at coord 53 39 S 41 48 W type isle name Black Rock . The Shag Rocks cover a total area of less than convert 20 ha acre . Situated on the South Georgia Ridge, they have ... cormorant shag s, Prion bird prions and wandering albatross es. The Shag Rocks were possibly discovered ... near the Shag Rocks, which were known to sealers prior to 1823. They were later rediscovered by James ... rock samples. Government The Shag Rocks are uninhabited and so lack any active administration. They form part of the British overseas territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ...   more details



  1. Shag Rocks

    Shag Rocks may refer to the following Shag Rocks Massachusetts Shag Rocks, South Georgia Shag Rocks Tasmania Shag Rocks Western Australia See also Shag Reef Shag Rock geodis ...   more details



  1. Black Rocks, South Georgia

    distinguish Black Rock, South Georgia The Black Rocks coord 54 8 S 36 38 W source GNIS are a small group of rocks convert 0.5 mi km 1 southeast of Framnaes Point in the north part of Stromness Bay , South Georgia . The name Blenheim Rocks has appeared for these rocks, but since about 1930 the name Black Rocks has been used more consistently. See also List of Antarctic and sub Antarctic islands List of Antarctic islands north of 60 S List of Antarctic islands north of 60 S References usgs gazetteer id 1475 name Black Rocks SGSSI Category Islands of South Georgia Category Uninhabited islands of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands SouthGeorgia geo stub es Rocas Negras ...   more details



  1. Shag Rocks (Massachusetts)

    Shag Rocks are barren rocks situated 8 nautical miles ref NOAA Chart 13270, scale 1 25,000, Boston Harbor ref offshore of Custom House Tower in downtown Boston, Massachusetts Boston , in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area and within the city limits of Boston. The rocks are northeast of Little Brewster Island and east of Great Brewster Island and have been the site of several shipwrecks. Boston Light on Little Brewster Island warns mariners to steer clear of the rocks. Public access is impractical. ref cite web title Island Facts Shag Rocks url http www.nps.gov boha historyculture facts shro.htm publisher National Parks Service accessdate April 21, 2010 ref References Reflist coord 42 19 49 N 70 52 56 W region US type landmark display title Category Boston Harbor islands Massachusetts geo stub ...   more details



  1. Shag

    wiktionarypar shag Shag may refer to Collegiate shag , a swing dance that originated in the 1920s popular in the 1930s and 40s Carolina shag , a swing dance that originated in South Carolina in the 1940s St. Louis shag , a swing dance that evolved from the Charleston Shag 1989 film Shag 1989 film Shag fabric , a fabric typically used to make deep pile carpets Shag or Cormorant , a bird family European Shag , a specific species of the shag or cormorant family The Shag , also known as The Shags one of many bands of that name or Shag, a 1960s garage and psychedelic rock band from Milwaukee Shag, a name used on some pop records in the early 1970s by British record producer Jonathan King Shag tobacco , fine cut tobacco Shag hairstyle Shag Josh Agle , American artist Shag, American rock band in late sixties British slang for sexual intercourse see wikt shag Etymology 3 Wiktionary definition verb to collect volleyballs during practice Shagging baseball , to catch fly balls in baseball outside of a game See also The Shaggs Shag Rocks disambiguation Shag Island disambiguation disambig ...   more details



  1. The Shag

    with John Sahli ref ref name astor http astortheater.org music1.html The Shag at Astor Theater Music ... to The Shag without the final s , to avoid confusion with another group of the same name ... material in San Francisco for an album, which went unreleased at the time. As Shag, they also appeared ... s 1969 recordings, Shag , was released on Gear Fab records in 2005. ref http progressive.homestead.com PROG.html anchor 77 Shag album review ref References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Shag, The Category ...   more details



  1. Carpenter Rocks, South Australia

    Names of South Australia , The Rocks , were named Les Carpentiers after a Dutch navigator, by Nicholas ...Use dmy dates date April 2011 Infobox Australian Place type town name Carpenter Rocks state sa image caption latd 37 latm 55 lats 0 longd 140 longm 24 longs 0 pushpin label position left lga District Council of Grant postcode 5291 est pop 269 pop footnotes ref name ABS elevation elevation footnotes maxtemp ... Barker dist1 452 dir1 SE location1 Adelaide dist2 35 dir2 SW location2 Mount Gambier, South Australia Mount Gambier dist3 37 dir3 W location3 Port Macdonnell, South Australia Carpenter Rocks is a small coastal town located 35  km south west of Mount Gambier, South Australia Mount Gambier in the south east of South Australia . The area faces the Southern Ocean and is renowned for its rugged ... AUS id SSC44556 name Pelican Point L State Suburb accessdate 2008 03 26 quick on ref Carpenter Rocks is in the District Council of Grant Local Government area, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral ... of Interest The town is a gateway to the Canunda National Park and Lake Bonney S.E South Australia Lake Bonney S.E . Carpenter Rocks supports a significant southern rock lobster industry and Bucks ... , from Gerloff Bay History & Settlement The earliest people in the Carpenter Rocks area were the Australian ... dispossession the last full blooded Booandik died in 1904. ref Bonney, Neville Carpenter Rocks and Beyond ... Lady Nelson , was the first known United Kingdom British person to view land known today as south eastern South Australia . On 3 December 1800, he sighted what at first he thought was four unconnected ... Cquote Along the beach we could make out a continuous line of rocks which stretched a little way ... Baudin of a carpenters saw. ref State Library of South Australia website http www.slsa.sa.gov.au manning search.html Place Names of South Australia retrieved on 28 March 2008 ref See also SS Admella ... Coastal towns in South Australia Category Limestone Coast SouthAustralia geo stub ...   more details



  1. South West Rocks, New South Wales

    of the article. Infobox Australian Place type town name South West Rocks state nsw image Southwestrocksswr.jpg caption South West Rocks lga Kempsey Shire postcode 2431 coordinates Coord 30 53 03 S 153 ... 2006 AUS id UCL170200 name South West Rocks Urban Centre Locality accessdate 19 November 2009 quick ... Kempsey, New South Wales Kempsey South West Rocks is located on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales ... of South West Rocks is 4,069 people, ref name Census2006Y though the town maintains a steady growth rate, the tourist population of South West Rocks increases markedly during the holiday season. Beautiful ... as the township on Trial Bay in 1866, by 1889 South West Rocks had established itself as a popular bathing resort with people of the Macleay Valley. South West Rocks got its name most likely from the captains of passing ships, who claimed it was safest to moor vessels near the rocks, south west ... would be safe if they kept the rocks to their south west. Trial Bay was named after a brig , The Trial ... to remove the obstruction from the beach. ref name Argus Media South West Rocks has a weekly news paper The South West Rocks News which comes as a cover page to Tuesday edition of the Kempsey The Macleay ... 2012 Shopping South West Rocks main street is Prince Of Wales Avenue, which is lined with shops ... known as Oceanside, New South Wales Oceanside . South West Rocks may be divided into five main areas South West Rocks, Arakoon , Oceanside, New Entrance and Spencerville. Arakoon is located to the east of South West Rocks and is home to Trial Bay Gaol . New Entrance is the river mouth located to the west of South West Rocks and locals also refer to the residential area on a ridge just to the east ... Shopping Fair it is a relatively new subdivision in South West Rocks and consists of recently built houses. Spencerville is the most southern area of South West Rocks, it runs from The Rocks ... in Oceanside joined South West Rocks and Spencerville. New Entrance Unreferenced section date January ...   more details



  1. Black Rock, South Georgia

    distinguish Black Rocks, South Georgia Infobox islands name Black Rock, South Georgia image name image caption locator map nickname location coordinates coord 53 39 S 41 48 W source GNIS archipelago total islands major islands area km2 length km width km highest mount elevation m population Uninhabited population as of density km2 ethnic groups country United Kingdom additional info Black Rock coord 53 39 S 41 48 W source GNIS is a low rock convert 10 mi southeast of Shag Rocks, South Georgia Shag Rocks and some convert 105 mi 1 west northwest of South Georgia . Black Rock may have been considered as part of the Aurora Islands reported in this vicinity by the ship Aurora in 1762. It was charted in 1927 by Discovery Investigations personnel on the RRS William Scoresby William Scoresby . Argentina lays claim to many islands of the area, including Black Rock and Shag Rocks. The Falklands War of 1982 was fought by UK Britain and Argentina not only over the territories of the Falkland Islands , but also over South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands . Black Rock and Shag Rocks are on the route from the Falkland Islands to South Georgia Island, on the seamount of Scotia Ridge . See also List of Antarctic and sub Antarctic islands List of Antarctic islands north of 60 S List of Antarctic islands north of 60 S References usgs gazetteer id 1470 name Black Rock SGSSI Category Islands of South Georgia Category Uninhabited islands of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands SouthGeorgia geo stub es Roca Negra ...   more details



  1. Rocky Bay (South Georgia)

    distinguish Rocky Boy Rocky Bay is a small bay , with numerous rocks lying in the bay and at its entrance, situated immediately north of Ducloz Head along the south coast of South Georgia . The presence of this bay seems to have been first noted in 1819 by Admiral Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen Thaddeus Bellingshausen who roughly charted a small inlet in this approximate position. The name was in use prior to 1930 and was probably applied by sealers and whalers working in the area. coord 54 29 S 36 40 W display title usgs gazetteer Category Bays of South Georgia SouthGeorgia geo stub ...   more details



  1. North and South Railroad of Georgia

    About the defunct railroad in Georgia the defunct railroad in Wyoming and Montana North and South Railway Other uses North and South disambiguation Unreferenced date June 2008 The North and South Railroad of Georgia was chartered in 1870 to build a railroad from Columbus, Georgia Columbus to Rome, Georgia . In 1878, after building about convert 20 mi , the railroad went bankrupt and was reorganized as the Columbus and Rome Railroad in 1879. DEFAULTSORT North South Railroad Georgia Category Predecessors of the Central of Georgia Railway Category Defunct Georgia U.S. state railroads Category Railway companies established in 1870 Category Railway companies disestablished in 1878 Category Narrow gauge railroads in Georgia U.S. state US rail company stub ...   more details



  1. Cape Disappointment (South Georgia)

    Image Drygalski Fjord Map.png thumb 210px right Southeast extremity of South Georgia br with Cape Disappointment File Pendleton 1802.PNG right thumb 370px Pendleton s 1802 map showing Cape Disappointment Cape Disappointment coord 54 53 S 36 7 W source GNIS is a headland which forms the southern extremity of South Georgia . It was first charted and so named in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook , who upon reaching this position was greatly disappointed in realizing that South Georgia was an island rather than a continent. References usgs gazetteer id 3883 name Disappointment, Cape DEFAULTSORT Disappointment, Cape Category Headlands of South Georgia SouthGeorgia geo stub ...   more details



  1. Cook Bay (South Georgia)

    Cook Bay coord 54 3 S 37 8 W source GNIS is an irregular bay , convert 1.3 mi 0 wide at its entrance between Cape Crewe and Black Head South Georgia Black Head , narrowing into two western arms, Lighthouse Bay and Prince Olav Harbour , along the north coast of South Georgia . It was charted by Discovery Investigations personnel during the period 1926 30, and named by them for Captain James Cook , who explored South Georgia and landed in this general vicinity in 1775. References usgs gazetteer id 3080 name Cook Bay Category Bays of South Georgia Category Article Feedback 5 SouthGeorgia geo stub ...   more details



  1. Cook Glacier (South Georgia)

    Cook Glacier coord 54 27 S 36 11 W type glacier source GNIS is a glacier which flows in a north northeasterly direction to St Andrews Bay, South Georgia Saint Andrews Bay on the north coast of South Georgia . It was named by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations based at nearby Moltke Harbour in 1882 83, for Captain James Cook . References usgs gazetteer id 3085 name Cook Glacier Category Glaciers of South Georgia SouthGeorgia geo stub ...   more details



  1. South Georgia Museum

    Image Grytviken museum.jpg thumb 270px right South Georgia Museum, Grytviken The South Georgia Museum is situated in Grytviken , the administrative centre of the UK overseas territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands . The museum occupies the renovated and converted Manager s Villa built in 1916, and used as a residence for the manager of the Grytviken whaling base and his family, until the base closed in 1964. The South Georgia Museum was established in 1992 as a specialised whaling museum, subsequently expanding its expositions to include all aspects of the discovery of the island, seal hunting sealing industry , maritime and natural history, as well as the 1982 Falklands War . The museum has become a popular tourist venue, visited by cruise ship or yacht tourists. For several years Tim and Pauline Carr served as museum curator s, living on board their yacht Curlew moored in the Grytviken port. The Museum displays include a bronze bust of Duncan Carse by British sculptor Jon Edgar . Carse was influential in the mapping of South Georgia and the island s Mount Carse is named after him. The http ehive.com account 3408 collection of the museum can be viewed online. See also History of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Grytviken References Tim and Pauline Carr. Antarctic Oasis Under the Spell of South Georgia . New York & London W.W. Norton & Co., 1998. External links http sgmuseum.gs Museum site http www.sgisland.org pages main museum.htm South Georgia Museum SGSSI coord 54.2816 S 36.5077 W source kolossus dewiki display title Category Buildings and structures completed in 1916 Category Museums established in 1993 Category Museums in Antarctica Category Whaling in the United Kingdom Category South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Category Whaling Category Local museums SouthGeorgia stub hunting stub cs South Georgia Museum de S dgeorgien Museum fr Mus e de la G orgie du Sud ja no S r Georgia museum pt Museu de Ge rgia do Sul ...   more details



  1. Christensen Glacier (South Georgia)

    Christensen Glacier is a glacier convert 4 mi long, flowing south into the eastern part of Newark Bay South Georgia Newark Bay on the south coast of South Georgia . It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951 57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place Names Committee for Chr. Fred. Christensen , Norwegian naval architect who, in cooperation with the shipowner H.G. Melsom , first solved the practical problems of building a slipway on a whale factory ship by converting the Lancing in 1925 he also made important improvements in the machinery for treatment and extraction of whale oil whale products . References usgs gazetteer id 2760 name Christensen Glacier coord 54 20 S 36 52 W source GNIS display title Category Glaciers of South Georgia SouthGeorgia geo stub ...   more details



  1. Bluff Point (South Georgia)

    coord 54 1 S 37 40 W source GNIS display title Bluff Point is a headland lying south west of Craigie Point in Right Whale Bay , on the north coast of South Georgia . The name appears on a chart based on a survey by Discovery Investigations personnel in 1930. References usgs gazetteer id 1557 name Bluff Point Category Headlands of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands SouthGeorgia geo stub ...   more details



  1. Brighton Beach (South Georgia)

    Brighton Beach coord 54 7 S 37 10 W source GNIS is a beach lying between Zero Point South Georgia Zero Point and Adventure Point in Possession Bay , on the north coast of South Georgia . The name appears on a chart showing the results of a survey by Discovery Investigations DI personnel in 1926 30, and derives from the beach being as crowded with fauna as Brighton Beach, which is a popular tourist resort on the south coast of England . References usgs gazetteer id 1946 name Brighton Beach Category Beaches of South Georgia SouthGeorgia geo stub ...   more details



  1. Philippi Glacier (South Georgia)

    Philippi Glacier is a glacier flowing east into Brandt Cove on the southwest side of Drygalski Fjord , at the southeast end of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Georgia . Charted by the Wilhelm Filchner German Antarctic Expedition , 1911 12, under Wilhelm Filchner , who named it for Emil Philippi , glaciology glaciologist with the Gauss expedition German Antarctic Expedition , 1901 03, under Erich von Drygalski , and professor of geology at the University of Jena . usgs gazetteer coord 54 49 S 36 3 W display title Category Glaciers of South Georgia SouthGeorgia geo stub ...   more details



  1. Mount Macklin (South Georgia)

    Orphan date November 2010 Mount Macklin is a mountain having 2 peaks, the higher 1,900 m, between Mount Carse and Douglas Crag in the south part of the Salvesen Range of South Georgia . Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951 57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place Names Committee UK APC for Alexander H. Macklin , medical officer of the British expedition under Shackleton, 1914 16. Macklin accompanied Shackleton in the Voyage of the James Caird James Caird from Elephant Island to King Haakon Bay , South Georgia. usgs gazetteer coord 54 45 S 36 3 W display title Category Mountains and hills of South Georgia Macklin, Mount SouthGeorgia geo stub ...   more details



  1. South Georgia Pipit

    Taxobox name South Georgia Pipit status NT status system IUCN3.1 image southgeorgiapipit.jpg image caption regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Motacillidae genus Anthus species A. antarcticus binomial Anthus antarcticus binomial authority Jean Cabanis Cabanis , 1884 The South Georgia Pipit Anthus antarcticus is a sparrow sized bird, only found on the South Georgia archipelago. It is the Antarctic s only song bird, and South Georgia s only passerine , and one of the few non seabird s of the region. It builds nests from dried grass, and lays four eggs a year. It lives off insects and spiders, and beach debris. It has been threatened by the human introduction to the islands of rats, and also by environmental damage caused by humans themselves. References http www.birdlife.org datazone species index.html?action SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid 8458&m 0 BirdLife Species Factsheet Category Anthus Category Birds of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Pipit, South Georgia Category Animals described in 1884 Passeroidea stub SouthGeorgia stub fr Pipit antarctique no S rgeorgiapiplerke nn S rgeorgiapiplerke nds S dgeorgien Pieper fi Etel georgiankirvinen ...   more details



  1. South Georgia Classic

    The South Georgia Classic is a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour . It is played at Kinderlou Forest Golf Club in Valdosta, Georgia . The 2011 purse was 625,000, with 112,500 going to the winner. Winners South Georgia Classic presented by First State Bank and Trust Company 2011 flagicon USA Ted Potter, Jr. 2010 flagicon AUS Ewan Porter 2009 flagicon ZAF Garth Mulroy South Georgia Classic 2008 flagicon CAN Bryan DeCorso 2007 flagicon USA John Kimbell External links http www.southgeorgiaclassic.com Official site http www.pgatour.com tournaments h092 PGATOUR.com tournament website Nationwide Tour Events Category Nationwide Tour events Category Golf in Georgia U.S. state golf tournament stub ...   more details



  1. Stanley Peak, South Georgia

    other uses Stanley Peak disambiguation Orphan date February 2009 Stanley Peak coord 54 11 S 36 55 W is a central summit in the Wilckens Peaks , rising to 1,265 m at the head of Fortuna Glacier , South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Georgia . It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place Names Committee UK APC after Lieutenant Commander later Cdr. Ian Stanley , Royal Navy , a helicopter pilot from HMS Antrim , who carried out a rescue operation in bad weather after two helicopters had crashed on Fortuna Glacier, April 21, 1982. usgs gazetteer Category Mountains and hills of South Georgia Category Falklands War in South Georgia SouthGeorgia geo stub ...   more details



  1. South Georgia Peanuts

    Independent baseball team name South Georgia Peanuts founded 2007 city Albany, Georgia logo PeanutsPrimary.png caplogo current league South Coast League current division past league currentname South Georgia Peanuts 2007 pastname colors blue, gold ballpark Paul Eames Sports Complex leaguechamps 2007 media The Albany Herald website http www.southgeorgiapeanuts.com www.southgeorgiapeanuts.com The South Georgia Peanuts were a member of the South Coast League , based at the Paul Eames Sports Complex in Albany, Georgia . The team was not affiliated with Major League Baseball Major or Minor League Baseball . Wally Backman was the club s manager in its inaugural season. The team s one season was chronicled in the Documentary film documentary television series Playing for Peanuts produced by John J. Fitzgerald filmmaker John J. Fitzgerald . On July 20, 2007, the South Georgia Peanuts were involved in an on field brawl with the Macon Music. After the brawl was broken up by the umpires the Peanuts refused to retake the field and forfeited the game. ref name That s Nuts cite web title That s nuts Minor league team simply quits work MSNBC.com url http www.msnbc.msn.com id 19880550 accessdate July 21, 2007 ref Backman was suspended 8 games for the incident despite the fact that he was not on the field when everything happened. References reflist youtube.com playingforpeanuts External links http www.southgeorgiapeanuts.net South Georgia Peanuts Unofficial Website http profile.myspace.com index.cfm?fuseaction user.viewprofile&friendid 129159464 South Georgia Peanuts at MySpace http www.playingforpeanuts.com Playing for Peanuts Website South Coast League Georgia Sports Category South Coast League teams ...   more details



  1. Cape North (South Georgia)

    Cape North is a headland marking the northernmost point of South Georgia , near the west end of the island. This name was first applied to the northwest tip of South Georgia on a map by Captain James Cook in 1775. Since 1912 it has become established for the northernmost point of the island, which is in keeping with the geographical position implied by the name. References usgs gazetteer id 10837 name North, Cape coord 53 58 S 37 44 W source GNIS display title DEFAULTSORT North, Cape Category Headlands of South Georgia SouthGeorgia geo stub ...   more details




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