Grassholmen
| Grassholmen | ||
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Archipelago | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 3 ′ 38 ″ S , 37 ° 56 ′ 1 ″ W | |
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| length | 400 m | |
Grassholmen ( Norwegian for grass island ) is an approximately 400 m long and tussock- covered island off the south coast of the western foothills of South Georgia . It is located 1.5 km south of Frida Hole Bay .
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations named it Em Island in the course of surveys carried out in 1926 . The South Georgia Survey reported after its own surveys carried out between 1951 and 1952, that the island is known to the whale and seal hunters among other things and since then established names. In English, the shortened version as Grassholm prevailed.
Web links
- Grassholm in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Grassholm on geographic.org (English)