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Mollymawk Island (54°1′S 37°19′W / 54.017°S 37.317°W) is a small, tussock-covered island lying between Seaward Rock and Crescent Island in the north part of the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. It was charted in 1912-13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy. Surveyed in 1929-30 by DI personnel and named in association with Albatross Island, Prion Island and other natural history names given in the Bay of Isles by Murphy in 1912-13. "Mollymawk" is a name for various medium sized albatross.
See also
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mollymawk Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
Categories:- Islands of South Georgia
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands geography stubs
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