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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129712854">.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-title-embed{background-color:#efefef;font-weight:bold;padding:0.3em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-nick,.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-native{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-native>div{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands .infobox-header{background-color:#efefef}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-country{border-top:1px solid black;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-country2{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands .infobox-below{text-align:left;border-top:#aaa 1px solid}</style><table class="infobox ib-islands vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Willis Islands</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:NW-tip-of-South-Georgia.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/NW-tip-of-South-Georgia.png/330px-NW-tip-of-South-Georgia.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/NW-tip-of-South-Georgia.png/500px-NW-tip-of-South-Georgia.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/NW-tip-of-South-Georgia.png/960px-NW-tip-of-South-Georgia.png 2x" data-file-width="2033" data-file-height="1318" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Satellite image of Willis Islands to the left</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Willis_Islands_-_west_end_of_South_Georgia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Willis_Islands_-_west_end_of_South_Georgia.svg/330px-Willis_Islands_-_west_end_of_South_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Willis_Islands_-_west_end_of_South_Georgia.svg/390px-Willis_Islands_-_west_end_of_South_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Willis_Islands_-_west_end_of_South_Georgia.svg/520px-Willis_Islands_-_west_end_of_South_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="429" data-file-height="262" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Location of Willis Islands</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Geography</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">South Atlantic Ocean</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818" /><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Willis_Islands&params=54_0_S_38_11_W_type:isle"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">54°0′S</span> <span class="longitude">38°11′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">54.000°S 38.183°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-54.000; -38.183</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Archipelago</th><td class="infobox-data note">South Georgia Islands</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Administration</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">Overseas Territory</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Willis Islands</b> are a small archipelago to the west of <a href="/wiki/South_Georgia" title="South Georgia">South Georgia Island</a> in the <a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands#South_Georgia_Group" title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands">South Georgia Islands</a>. They are 2 miles (3.2 km) west of <a href="/wiki/Bird_Island,_South_Georgia" title="Bird Island, South Georgia">Bird Island</a>, separated by the <a href="/wiki/Stewart_Strait" title="Stewart Strait">Stewart Strait</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gnis-WI_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-WI-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gnis-SS_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-SS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were discovered on 14 January 1775 by Captain <a href="/wiki/James_Cook" title="James Cook">James Cook</a> and named for Cook's midshipman <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Willis_(sailor)" title="Thomas Willis (sailor)">Thomas Willis</a>, the crew member who first sighted them.<sup id="cite_ref-gnis-WI_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-WI-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Willis Islands were charted in greater detail and individually named by <a href="/wiki/Discovery_Investigations" title="Discovery Investigations">Discovery Investigations</a> (DI) personnel between 1926 and 1930.<sup id="cite_ref-gnis-MI_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-MI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gnis-VAI_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-VAI-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willis_Islands&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Main_Island">Main Island</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willis_Islands&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Main Island"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Main_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Main_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg/220px-Main_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Main_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg/330px-Main_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Main_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg/440px-Main_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="115" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>The archipelago's largest island is called Main Island, so-named because at 1.7 mi (2.7 km) long and 1,800 ft (550 m) high, it is the principal island in the group.<sup id="cite_ref-gnis-MI_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-MI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Its southwestern point is called Johannesen Point, originally "All Johannesens Point," likely by DI personnel. Following a survey of the island in 1951–52, the <a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_Survey" title="South Georgia Survey">South Georgia Survey</a> (SGS) reported that the cumbersome name was seldom used locally. On that basis, the <a href="/wiki/UK_Antarctic_Place-Names_Committee" title="UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee">UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee</a> (UK-APC) recommended the present shortened form of the name.<sup id="cite_ref-gnis-JP_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-JP-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="West_and_south_of_Main_Island">West and south of Main Island</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willis_Islands&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: West and south of Main Island"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>West of Main Island are several named rocks, groups of rocks, and shoals. </p><p>Acorn Rock rises 20 m (66 ft) above sea level, 0.35 mi (0.6 km) northwest of Main Island. The descriptive name was applied during a <a href="/wiki/Hydrographic_survey" title="Hydrographic survey">hydrographic survey</a> from <a href="/wiki/HMS_Owen_(K640)" title="HMS Owen (K640)">HMS <i>Owen</i> (K640)</a> in 1960–61.<sup id="cite_ref-gnis-AR_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-AR-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1.5 nmi (3 km) northwest of Main Island is Holgate Shoal, an area of <a href="/wiki/Shoal" title="Shoal">shoals</a> named by the UK-APC for Able Seaman <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_A._Holgate&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ralph A. Holgate (page does not exist)">Ralph A. Holgate</a> of the <i>Owen</i>, which charted the shoal in 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-gnis-HS_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-HS-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A pair of rocks named the Tiger Rocks are located 1.5 nmi (3 km) west of Main Island, southwest of the shoal. The descriptive name was applied during the surveys from the <i>Owen</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-gnis-TR_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-TR-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The westernmost point of the Willis Islands is a group of three barren rocks called the Ramp Rocks, 2.5 nmi (4.6 km) northwest of Johannesen Point on Main Island. The largest of them was originally called <i>laavebrua</i> ("threshing floor ramp") by Norwegian whalers, but to avoid confusion with <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A5vebrua_Island" title="Låvebrua Island">Låvebrua Island</a>, UK-APC named the trio the Ramp Rocks.<sup id="cite_ref-gnis-RR_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-RR-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One nmi (2 km) west-southwest of the south end of Main Island is a small group of rocks named the Bryde Rocks. Positioned by the SGS between 1951 and 1957, the group was named by UK-APC for <a href="/w/index.php?title=Thorleif_Bryde&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thorleif Bryde (page does not exist)">Thorleif Bryde</a>, a gunner of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Georgia_Whaling_Co&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="South Georgia Whaling Co (page does not exist)">South Georgia Whaling Co</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gnis-BR_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-BR-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pugh Shoal is an area of shoal 1.5 nmi (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) south of Main Island, named by UK-APC for Able Seaman <a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_J._Pugh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peter J. Pugh (page does not exist)">Peter J. Pugh</a> of the <i>Owen</i>, which charted this shoal in 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-gnis-PS_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-PS-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="East_of_Main_Island">East of Main Island</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willis_Islands&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: East of Main Island"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Heron Passage separates Main Island from Vaughan Island close to the east, and Trinity Island 0.7 mi (1.1 km) to the northeast.<sup id="cite_ref-gnis-HP_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-HP-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gnis-VAI_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-VAI-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gnis-TI_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-TI-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The existence of the passage was first reported in the 1930s, and confirmed by <a href="/wiki/HMS_Owen_(K640)" title="HMS Owen (K640)">HMS <i>Owen</i></a> during a <a href="/wiki/Hydrographic_survey" title="Hydrographic survey">hydrographic survey</a> of the area in 1961. It was named by UK-APC after one of the <i>Owen</i>'s survey motor boats, the <i>Heron</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-gnis-HP_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-HP-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Vaughan Island is a small, conical <a href="/wiki/Tussock_(grass)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tussock (grass)">tussock</a>-covered island close east of Main Island. It was named by UK-APC for Lieutenant Commander <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_L.F._Vaughan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hugh L.F. Vaughan (page does not exist)">Hugh L.F. Vaughan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>, <a href="/wiki/First_Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="First Lieutenant">First Lieutenant</a> of the <i>Owen</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-gnis-VAI_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-VAI-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The much larger Trinity Island was so-named by DI because it has three peaks.<sup id="cite_ref-gnis-TI_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-TI-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To the southeast are a pair of small tussock-covered islands called the Verdant Islands, descriptively named "Verdant Island" by DI. The name was amended in 1985 to reflect that there were actually two islands there.<sup id="cite_ref-gnis-VEI_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-VEI-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To the east is Hall Island, small, steep-sided, and tussock-covered. It was named by UK-APC after Commander <a href="/w/index.php?title=Geoffrey_P.D._Hall&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Geoffrey P.D. Hall (page does not exist)">Geoffrey P.D. Hall</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Commanding_officer" title="Commanding officer">Commanding Officer</a> of the <i>Owen</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-gnis-HI_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-HI-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The easternmost island in the group is Proud Island, a small, relatively high, tussock-covered island, rising to a <a href="/wiki/Pyramidal_peak" title="Pyramidal peak">peak</a> at its northern end. It was descriptively named by UK-APC, the expression "standing proud" in naval parlance being the equivalent of "sticking up."<sup id="cite_ref-gnis-PI_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-PI-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vaughan_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Vaughan Island"><img alt="Vaughan Island" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Vaughan_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg/120px-Vaughan_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Vaughan_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg/180px-Vaughan_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Vaughan_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg/240px-Vaughan_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="102" data-file-height="60" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Vaughan Island</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Trinity_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Trinity Island"><img alt="Trinity Island" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Trinity_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg/120px-Trinity_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Trinity_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg/180px-Trinity_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Trinity_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg/240px-Trinity_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="115" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Trinity Island</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Verdant_Islands_-_Willis_Islands.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Verdant Islands"><img alt="Verdant Islands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Verdant_Islands_-_Willis_Islands.svg/120px-Verdant_Islands_-_Willis_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Verdant_Islands_-_Willis_Islands.svg/180px-Verdant_Islands_-_Willis_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Verdant_Islands_-_Willis_Islands.svg/240px-Verdant_Islands_-_Willis_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="102" data-file-height="60" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Verdant Islands</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hall_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hall Island"><img alt="Hall Island" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Hall_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg/120px-Hall_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Hall_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg/180px-Hall_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Hall_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg/240px-Hall_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="115" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Hall Island</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Proud_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Proud Island"><img alt="Proud Island" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Proud_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg/120px-Proud_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Proud_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg/180px-Proud_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Proud_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg/240px-Proud_Island_-_Willis_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="102" data-file-height="60" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Proud Island</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fauna">Fauna</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willis_Islands&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Willis Islands are a significant breeding ground for <a href="/wiki/Antarctic_fur_seal" title="Antarctic fur seal">Antarctic fur seals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willis_Islands&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Composite_Gazetteer_of_Antarctica" title="Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica">Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Antarctic_and_subantarctic_islands" title="List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands">List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Antarctic_and_subantarctic_islands#List_of_Antarctic_islands_north_of_60°_S" title="List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands">List of Antarctic islands north of 60° S</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scientific_Committee_on_Antarctic_Research" title="Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research">Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research</a> (SCAR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territorial_claims_in_Antarctica" title="Territorial claims in Antarctica">Territorial claims in Antarctica</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willis_Islands&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 May</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Main+Island&rft.btitle=Geographic+Names+Information+System&rft.pub=United+States+Geological+Survey&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F2020%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fgeonames.usgs.gov%2Fapex%2Ff%3Fp%3Dgnispq%3A5%3A%3A%3ANO%3A%3AP5_ANTAR_ID%3A9301&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWillis+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gnis-VAI-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-gnis-VAI_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-gnis-VAI_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-gnis-VAI_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:15908">"Vaughan Island"</a>. <i>Geographic Names Information System</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 May</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Vaughan+Island&rft.btitle=Geographic+Names+Information+System&rft.pub=United+States+Geological+Survey&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F2020%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fgeonames.usgs.gov%2Fapex%2Ff%3Fp%3Dgnispq%3A5%3A%3A%3ANO%3A%3AP5_ANTAR_ID%3A15908&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWillis+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gnis-JP-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gnis-JP_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:7562">"Johannesen Point"</a>. <i>Geographic Names Information System</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 May</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Johannesen+Point&rft.btitle=Geographic+Names+Information+System&rft.pub=United+States+Geological+Survey&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F2020%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fgeonames.usgs.gov%2Fapex%2Ff%3Fp%3Dgnispq%3A5%3A%3A%3ANO%3A%3AP5_ANTAR_ID%3A7562&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWillis+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gnis-AR-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gnis-AR_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:51">"Acorn Rock"</a>. <i>Geographic Names Information System</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 May</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Acorn+Rock&rft.btitle=Geographic+Names+Information+System&rft.pub=United+States+Geological+Survey&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F2020%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fgeonames.usgs.gov%2Fapex%2Ff%3Fp%3Dgnispq%3A5%3A%3A%3ANO%3A%3AP5_ANTAR_ID%3A51&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWillis+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gnis-HS-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gnis-HS_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:6890">"Holgate Shoal"</a>. <i>Geographic Names Information System</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 May</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Holgate+Shoal&rft.btitle=Geographic+Names+Information+System&rft.pub=United+States+Geological+Survey&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F2020%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fgeonames.usgs.gov%2Fapex%2Ff%3Fp%3Dgnispq%3A5%3A%3A%3ANO%3A%3AP5_ANTAR_ID%3A6890&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWillis+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gnis-TR-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gnis-TR_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:15295">"Tiger Rocks"</a>. <i>Geographic Names Information System</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 May</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Ramp+Rocks&rft.btitle=Geographic+Names+Information+System&rft.pub=United+States+Geological+Survey&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F2020%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fgeonames.usgs.gov%2Fapex%2Ff%3Fp%3Dgnispq%3A5%3A%3A%3ANO%3A%3AP5_ANTAR_ID%3A12337&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWillis+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gnis-BR-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gnis-BR_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:2071">"Bryde Rocks"</a>. <i>Geographic Names Information System</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 May</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Bryde+Rocks&rft.btitle=Geographic+Names+Information+System&rft.pub=United+States+Geological+Survey&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F2020%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fgeonames.usgs.gov%2Fapex%2Ff%3Fp%3Dgnispq%3A5%3A%3A%3ANO%3A%3AP5_ANTAR_ID%3A2071&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWillis+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gnis-PS-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gnis-PS_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:12169">"Pugh Shoal"</a>. <i>Geographic Names Information System</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 May</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Pugh+Shoal&rft.btitle=Geographic+Names+Information+System&rft.pub=United+States+Geological+Survey&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F2020%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fgeonames.usgs.gov%2Fapex%2Ff%3Fp%3Dgnispq%3A5%3A%3A%3ANO%3A%3AP5_ANTAR_ID%3A12169&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWillis+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gnis-HP-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-gnis-HP_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-gnis-HP_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:6705">"Heron Passage"</a>. <i>Geographic Names Information System</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 May</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Heron+Passage&rft.btitle=Geographic+Names+Information+System&rft.pub=United+States+Geological+Survey&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F2020%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fgeonames.usgs.gov%2Fapex%2Ff%3Fp%3Dgnispq%3A5%3A%3A%3ANO%3A%3AP5_ANTAR_ID%3A6705&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWillis+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gnis-TI-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-gnis-TI_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-gnis-TI_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:15545">"Trinity Island"</a>. <i>Geographic Names Information System</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 May</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Hall+Island&rft.btitle=Geographic+Names+Information+System&rft.pub=United+States+Geological+Survey&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F2020%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fgeonames.usgs.gov%2Fapex%2Ff%3Fp%3Dgnispq%3A5%3A%3A%3ANO%3A%3AP5_ANTAR_ID%3A6253&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWillis+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gnis-PI-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gnis-PI_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:12148">"Proud Island"</a>. <i>Geographic Names Information System</i>. 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(6 December 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=pVnxCAAAQBAJ&q=%22Willis+Islands%22&pg=PA265"><i>Antarctic Ecosystems: Ecological Change and Conservation</i></a>. 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title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Stonehouse, B (ed.) <i>Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans</i> (2002, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-471-98665-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-471-98665-8">0-471-98665-8</a>)</li></ul> <p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public Domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> This article incorporates <a 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Settlements / Whaling stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bird_Island,_South_Georgia" title="Bird Island, South Georgia">Bird Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grytviken" title="Grytviken">Grytviken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godthul" title="Godthul">Godthul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Husvik" title="Husvik">Husvik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Edward_Point" title="King Edward Point">King Edward Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leith_Harbour" title="Leith Harbour">Leith Harbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ocean_Harbour" title="Ocean Harbour">Ocean Harbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Olav_Harbour" title="Prince Olav Harbour">Prince Olav Harbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stromness,_South_Georgia" title="Stromness, South Georgia">Stromness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corbeta_Uruguay_base" title="Corbeta Uruguay 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