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Sandefjord Cove

Coordinates: 68°47′S 90°42′W / 68.783°S 90.700°W / -68.783; -90.700
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Sandefjord Cove is a cove between Cape Ingrid and the terminus of Tofte Glacier on the west side of Peter I Island. A Norwegian expedition under Eyvind Tofte circumnavigated Peter I Island in the Odd I in 1927. In February 1929 the Norvegia under Nils Larsen carried out a series of investigations all around the island, landing on February 2 to hoist the Norwegian flag. Named for Sandefjord, Norway, center of the Norwegian whaling industry.

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68°47′S 90°42′W / 68.783°S 90.700°W / -68.783; -90.700


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