Anvil stacks
| Anvil stacks | ||
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| archipelago | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 10 ′ S , 37 ° 42 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 2 | |
The Anvil Stacks are two distinctive surf piers ( English stacks ) each in the form of an anvil ( English anvil ) off the south coast of the western end of South Georgia . They are located near the entrance to Elephant Cove .
Their previous name as Elephant Bay Islands comes from seal hunters stationed in South Georgia. They were given their current descriptive name by the South Georgia Survey after a survey between 1951 and 1952.
Web links
- Anvil Stacks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Anvil Stacks on geographic.org (English)