Samuel Islands

Samuel Islands

The Samuel Islands (coord|54|11|S|37|37|W|) are a group of small islands and rocks lying close to the south coast of South Georgia, 1 mile (1.6 km) west-southwest of Nilse Hullet and 2 miles (3.2 km) east-southeast of Klutschak Point. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the catcher Don Samuel, built in 1925 and later owned by the Compania Argentina de Pesca, Grytviken, which sank in the vicinity of these islands in 1951.

See also

* List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands


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