Albatross Crest

Albatross Crest

Albatross Crest (coord|54|30|S|37|2|W|) is a tussock-covered ridge in the eastern arm of Annenkov Island, South Georgia. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the Wandering Albatross ("Diomedea exulans") which nests here.


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