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The Seal Islands (also known as Îles des Phoques, Islas Foca, Islotes Foca and Seal Rocks) are a group of small islands and rocky islets lying about 7 km north and north-west of Elephant Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. They extend east–west for about 5 km, [1] and are separated from Elephant Island by Sealers Passage.
Notch Island is a small granite island in the Seal Islands group approximately 20 km east of Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia. [1] It is part of the Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area , identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds .
Seal Island Historic District, on the islands of St. George and St. Paul in the Bering Sea of Alaska Seal Islands (Aleutians East) , in the Bering Sea, close to Bristol Bay, Alaska, U.S. Seal Islands (California) , a pair of islands in Suisun Bay at the mouth of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
Rag Island is a small granite island in the Seal Islands group approximately 20 km east of Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia. [1] It is part of the Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area , identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds .
The Seal Islands appear as "Ostrova Nerpichoi," meaning "Seal Islands" on Russian maps. They were given their name by Captain Mikhail Dmitrievich Tebenkov, who charted the Northwest Coasts of America (1852, map 24), IRN. They appeared for the first time as "Seal Islands" on an USBF chart in 1888. [1]
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Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge is a 1-mile long (1.6 km) island off the coast of Maine, United States near Matinicus Island that is part of the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge. During any given summer season, over 100 species of birds are observed by researchers on the island.
Seal Island is a small granite island in the Seal Islands group approximately 15 km east of Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia. [2] It is part of the Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area , identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds .