Coal Island (South Georgia)
| Coal Island | ||
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| Waters | Coal Harbor | |
| Archipelago | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 2 ′ S , 37 ° 57 ′ W | |
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Coal Island is an island overgrown by tussock grass near the western end of South Georgia . It is on the west side of the entrance to Coal Harbor .
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations mapped them between 1926 and 1930, the crew of the research ship HMS Owen repeated this between 1960 and 1961. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1963 based on the bay of the same name, which got its name here from whale and Seal hunters of stored coal ( English coal ) owes.
Web links
- Coal Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Coal Island on geographic.org (English)