Islands
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands

Grass Island

Grass Island is a conspicuous island lying across the entrance to Stromness Harbour in , South Georgia. It was known as "Mutton Island" as early as 1912, but since 1920 the name Grass Island has been consistently used.
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Wikipedia
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  • Also known as: “Grass Island, South Georgia” and “Mutton Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Coronda Peak.

Peak
is a peak over 610 metres high, standing north of on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears on a chart showing the results of surveys by Discovery Investigations personnel in 1927 and 1929, and is probably after the SS Coronda whose captain was of assistance to the survey party. is situated 2½ km north of Grass Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leith Harbour and Husvik.

Village
Photo: Harley D. Nygren, Public domain.
, also known as Port Leith, was a whaling station on the northeast coast of South Georgia, established and operated by Christian Salvesen Ltd, .

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a former whaling station on the north-central coast of South Georgia Island. It was one of three such stations in , the other two being Stromness and . is situated 3½ km southwest of Grass Island.

Grass Island

Latitude
-54.15922° or 54° 9′ 33″ south
Longitude
-36.66607° or 36° 39′ 58″ west
Elevation
49 metres (161 feet)
Open location code
39Q5R8RM+8H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 171615621
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
3426469
Wiki­data ID
Q425995
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Satellite Map

Discover Grass Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Grass Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Grass Island (pulo sa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)”
  • Cebuano: “Grass Island”
  • Chinese: “格拉斯島”
  • Dutch: “Graseiland”
  • French: “île Grass”
  • French: “Île Grass”
  • German: “Grass Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grass Island i Sør-Georgia”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Gærsīeg, Sūþgeorgia”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Grass”
  • Spanish: “Isla Grass”
  • Spanish: “Isla Pasto”
  • Swedish: “Grass Island”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bill Rock and observation hut.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Grass Island”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.