Hestesletten
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| location | South Georgia | |
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 18 ′ 41 ″ S , 36 ° 30 ′ 14 ″ W | |
The Hestesletten (Norwegian for horse level ) is a glacial plateau near the north coast of South Georgia . It lies between the Hamberg Lakes and the Cumberland East Bay . It is overgrown with tussock grass, 3 km long and 1.2 km wide in a northeast-southwest direction.
The plain got its name in memory of a small herd of horses that descended from animals introduced by the South Georgia Exploration Company in 1905 and lived here for several years.
Web links
- Hestesletten in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hestesletten on geographic.org (English)