Kjellstrøm Rock
| Kjellstrøm Rock | ||
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Archipelago | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 16 ′ S , 37 ° 26 ′ W | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Kjellstrøm rock is a cliff rock off the south coast of South Georgia . It is located 800 m northwest of Cape Núñez .
The South Georgia Survey mapped it as part of its surveying campaign, which lasted from 1951 to 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1958 after the Norwegian Johan Kjellstrøm, harpooner of the Compañía Argentina de Pesca in Grytviken from 1943 to 1950 and at the Leith Harbor whaling station from 1950 to 1955.
Web links
- Kjellstrøm rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kjellstrøm Rock on geographic.org (English)