Harcourt Island is a small island at the north side of the entrance to
Royal Bay
Royal Bay is a bay, wide and indenting , entered between Cape Charlotte and Cape Harcourt along the north coast of South Georgia.
Like other parts of the archipelago, many birds breed here, including king penguins, gentoo penguins, and blue- ...
,
South Georgia
South Georgia ( es, Isla San Pedro) is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. Stretching in the east†...
. It was named by the
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 ...
in 1971 after
Cape Harcourt
Cape Harcourt () is a headland on the eastern extremity of Harcourt Island on the north coast of South Georgia, forming the north side of the entrance to Royal Bay
Royal Bay is a bay, wide and indenting , entered between Cape Charlotte and ...
, the easternmost point of this island.
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See also
* List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
References
Islands of South Georgia
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