Owen Shoals (53°58′S 38°7′W) is an area of shoals 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) northwest of the northwest extremity of Bird Island, South Georgia. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after HMS Owen, which surveyed the feature in 1960-61.
Map of Owen Shoals, SIQQ 1ZZ, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Owen Shoals" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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