Categories
  Encyclosphere.org ENCYCLOREADER
  supported by EncyclosphereKSF

Kjellstrøm Rock

From Wikipedia - Reading time: 3 min


Kjellstrøm Rock (54°16′S 37°26′W / 54.267°S 37.433°W / -54.267; -37.433) is a rock lying 0.5 nautical miles (1 km) northwest of Cape Nuñez, off the south coast of South Georgia. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Johan Kjellstrøm, a gunner of the Compañía Argentina de Pesca, Grytviken, 1943–50, and of the South Georgia Whaling Co, Leith Harbour, 1950–55.[1]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Kjellstrøm Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 9 May 2013.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Kjellstrøm Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.



Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjellstrøm_Rock
17 views | Status: cached on February 26 2025 20:11:37
Download as ZWI file
Encyclosphere.org EncycloReader is supported by the EncyclosphereKSF