Samuel Islands
| Samuel Islands | ||
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| archipelago | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 11 ′ S , 37 ° 37 ′ W | |
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| Main island | Tidespring Island | |
The Samuel Islands are a small group of islands and cliffs just off the south coast of South Georgia . They are 1.5 km west-southwest of the Nilse Hullet Bay and 3 km east-southeast of Klutschak Point . The group includes Tidespring Island and Austin Island .
The South Georgia Survey mapped them in its 1951-1957 survey campaign. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1958 after the whaling ship Don Samuel , built in 1925 , later owned by the Grytviken- based company Compañía Argentina de Pesca , which sank in the vicinity of these islands in 1951.
Web links
- Samuel Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Samuel Islands on geographic.org (English)