Governor Islands

Governor Islands
  • ISS006-E-23523
  • 01 February 2003
  • 04:47 UTC

The Governor Islands (sometimes referred to as the Governor Islets) consist of two small, closely spaced islands — East Governor (with an area of 43 ha) and West Governor — located at the northeastern entrance of Napier Broome Bay (at bottom-left). The islands lie at the centre of the image, with West Governor (the largest of the pair at 3.2 km²) being on the left. At the top-left of the image (emerging from beneath the clouds) are the Sir Graham Moore Islands that guard the western entrances in to the bay.


image: earth sciences and image analysis laboratory, nasa johnson space center