The Shag Rocks are 6 small islands in the westernmost extreme of South Georgia, 240 kilometers West of the main island of South Georgia and 1000 kilometers east of the Falkland Islands. The Shag Rocks are located at 53°33′S 42°02′W. Sixteen kilometers further Southeast is Black Rock. Black Rock is located at 53°39′S 41°48′W. The Shag Rocks and Black Rock are claimed by Argentina as part of Tierra del Fuego province.¹ South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, also claimed by Argentina. ... South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, also claimed by Argentina. ...

The Shag Rocks cover a total area of less than 20 hectares (200,000 m²). Situated on the South Georgia Ridge, they have a peak elevation above sea level of 75 m, and stand in water approximately 319 m deep. Temperatures average -1.2°C, rarely climbing above 15°C.

The main wildlife found on the islands are the eponymous shags, prions and wandering albatrosses. Genera Nannopterum Phalacrocorax Leucocarbo The Phalacrocoracidae family of birds is represented by about thirty species of cormorants and shags. ... Species Fairy Prion, Slender-billed Prion, Fulmar Prion, Broad-billed Prion, Antarctic Prion, Salvins Prion, A prion is a petrel (genus Pachyptila) found in Antarctica and nearby islands. ... Binomial name Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 The Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans), is a large seabird from the family Diomedeidae which has a circumpolar range in the Southern Ocean. ...

The Shag Rocks were possibly discovered by Joseph de la Llana with the ship Aurora in 1762, and originally named the Aurora Islands, after the ship; however, the Aurora Islands are considered by many to have been a mistaken sighting that was coincidentally near the true Shag Rocks. They were known to sealers prior to 1823. They were later rediscovered by James Sheffield and given their current name, probably because shags and other sea birds frequent them. They were charted by DI personnel on the William Scoresby in 1927. The first landing on the islands was made 1956 when an Argentinian geologist was lowered from a helicopter to collect rock samples. An 1868 map of South America, showing the Aurora Islands east of the Falkland Islands. ... Binomial name Phalacrocorax aristotelis (Linnaeus, 1758) The Common Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) is a member of the cormorant family of seabirds. ...

Notes

Note 1: Most non-Argentine maps show Shag Rocks and Black Rock as belonging to the UK. an excellent location to fornicate with your significant other. the shag rocks are legendary in that they induce conception.