Gjest Baardsenstøtta

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Gjest Baardsenstøtta
Cape Valdivia, the upstream Gjest Baardsenstøtta at the bottom right
Cape Valdivia, the upstream Gjest Baardsenstøtta at the bottom right
Waters South Atlantic
Geographical location 54 ° 23 ′  S , 3 ° 21 ′  E Coordinates: 54 ° 23 ′  S , 3 ° 21 ′  E
Gjest Baardsenstøtta (South Atlantic)
Gjest Baardsenstøtta
Residents uninhabited
Map of Bouvet Island with Gjest Baardsenstøtta (above)
Map of Bouvet Island with Gjest Baardsenstøtta  (above)

Gjest Baardsenstøtta (in German about Gjest Baardsen column) is a rocky island rising steeply out of the water immediately north of the western part of Cape Valdivia and thus north of Bouvet Island . The narrow strait that separates the rock from the island is called Djevleporten .

The island was named after Gjest Baardsen (1791–1849), a master thief from Sogndalsfjøra . The name was proposed by the Norwegian Polar Institute in 1980 .

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