Holmestrand
Holmestrand is a point at the west side of Jossac Bight, on the south coast of South Georgia. The name appears on a chart based on surveys by DI personnel during 1925–30, but was probably applied earlier by Norwegian whalers operating from South Georgia.- Type: Locality
- Description: point on South Georgia
- Also known as: “Holmestrand (South Georgia)”
Holmestrand
- Category: point
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.25279° or 54° 15′ 10″ southLongitude
-37.26296° or 37° 15′ 47″ westElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
39Q4PPWP+VROpenStreetMap ID
node 9125933574OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Holmestrand” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “霍姆斯特蘭角”
- German: “Holmestrand”
- Spanish: “Punta Holmestrand”
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