Grass Island, South Georgia
Not to be confused with Grassholm, South Georgia
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| Coordinates | 54°9′S 36°40′W / 54.15°S 36.667°WCoordinates: 54°9′S 36°40′W / 54.15°S 36.667°W |
| Archipelago | South Georgia |
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Grass Island (54°9′S 36°40′W / 54.15°S 36.667°W) is a conspicuous island lying across 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.
On the 22 and 23 April 1982, after a British SBS team were driven back by snow at Cumberland East Bay, the SAS was landed on Grass Island from HMS Antrim, and launched their attack on Argentine positions from here.[1]
In 2000, the island became rat-free after a team from New Zealand helped in an extermination.
[edit] See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands
- List of Antarctic islands north of 60° S
- SCAR
[edit] References
- ^ Bicheno, Hugh (2006) Razor's Edge: The Unofficial History of the Falklands War. London. Weidenfield & Nicholson. ISBN 978-0-7538-2186-2
[edit] External links
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Grass Island, South Georgia" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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