Freberg Rocks
| Freberg Rocks | ||
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| archipelago | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 31 ′ S , 36 ° 43 ′ W | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Freberg Rocks are a small group of reef rocks off the south coast of South Georgia . They are 3.8 km west-northwest of Ducloz Head in front of Rocky Bay .
The South Georgia Survey conducted surveys during its 1951–1957 campaign. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1958 after the Norwegian Hjalmar Freberg (1893–1973), harpooner of Tønsberg Hvalfangeri in Husvik Harbor from 1946 to 1954.
Web links
- Freberg Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Freberg Rocks on geographic.org (English)