Pugh Shoal
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 2 '13 " S , 38 ° 12' 42" W | |
| Waters 1 | South Atlantic | |
Pugh Shoal is a shallow area in the archipelago of South Georgia . It is located 2.5 km south of Main Island in the Willis Islands group .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the area in 1964 after Able Seaman Peter John Pugh (* 1940) from the research vessel HMS Owen , with which it was surveyed in 1961.
Web links
- Pugh Shoal in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pugh Shoal on geographic.org (English)