Grass Island

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Grass Island
View over Stromness Harbor to Grass Island (center)
View over Stromness Harbor to Grass Island (center)
Waters Stromness Bay
Geographical location 54 ° 9 ′ 32 ″  S , 36 ° 40 ′ 7 ″  W Coordinates: 54 ° 9 ′ 32 ″  S , 36 ° 40 ′ 7 ″  W
Grass Island (South Georgia)
Grass Island
length 700 m
width 400 m
surface 26 ha
Residents uninhabited

Grass Island ( English for grass island ) is an uninhabited island in Stromness Bay , a bay on the north coast of the South Atlantic island of South Georgia . It is 2.5 km from the former Stromness whaling station . The crescent-shaped island is almost 700 m long in north-south orientation and on average barely 400 m wide.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the island was still known as Mutton Island (English for mutton island ); but Grass Island has been the official name since around 1920 .

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