Lonely Island
| Lonely Island | ||
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Archipelago | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 4 ′ S , 37 ° 59 ′ W | |
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Lonely Island (from English lonely , alone, lonely, deserted ) is a small island off the south coast and near the western end of South Georgia . It is located 1.3 km northeast of Cape Parjadin .
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations mapped it between 1926 and 1930 and gave it its descriptive name.
Web links
- Lonely Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lonely Island on geographic.org (English)