Grass Island
Grass Island is a 30-hectare island located at the entrance to Stromness Harbour in Stromness Bay, South Georgia. It was known as Mutton Island as early as 1912, but since 1920 the name Grass Island has been consistently used.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Islet
- …lies at an elevation of around 50 metres (160 feet)
- Description: island in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Also known as“Grass Island, South Georgia”“Mutton Island”
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Coronda Peak.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leith Harbour and Husvik.
Leith Harbour
Leith Harbour, also known as Port Leith, was a whaling…
Husvik
Husvik is a former whaling station on the north-central coast of South Georgia Island.
3½ km southwest of Grass Island
Grass Island
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Latitude
-54.15922° or 54° 9′ 33″ south
Longitude
-36.66607° or 36° 39′ 58″ west
Open location code
39Q5R8RM+8H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place = islet
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Grass Island” goes by many names.
Grass IslandCebuano
Grass Island (pulo sa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)Cebuano
格拉斯島Chinese
GraseilandDutch
Grass Island i Sør-GeorgiaNorwegian Nynorsk
Gærsīeg, SūþgeorgiaOld English (ca. 450-1100)
ГрассRussian
Grass IslandSwedish
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