Hammerstad Reef
| Hammerstad Reef | ||
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| Waters | Queen Maud Bay | |
| archipelago | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 13 ′ S , 37 ° 24 ′ W | |
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The Hammerstad Reef is a reef off the southern coast of South Georgia . It is 2.5 km south of Cape Rosa in the northern part of the entrance to Queen Maud Bay .
The South Georgia Survey mapped the reef as part of its 1951-1957 survey campaign. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1958 after the Norwegian seal hunter Thorleif Hammerstad (1915-2005), who from 1946 worked for the Compañía Argentina de Pesca in Grytviken for several years .
Web links
- Hammerstad Reef in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hammerstad Reef on geographic.org (English)