Margit Island
| Margit Island | ||
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Archipelago | Jomfruene ( South Georgia ) | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 4 ′ S , 38 ° 3 ′ W | |
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Margit Island is an island in the South Georgia archipelago in the South Atlantic . It is the westernmost in the Jomfruene group .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2009. It is named after Margit Therse Larsen (1892–1990), one of the daughters of the Norwegian whaling entrepreneur Carl Anton Larsen , who was influential in South Georgia .
Web links
- Margit Island . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)