Bjelland Point

Bjelland Point (54°6′S 36°44′W) is a headland on the north coast of South Georgia, immediately south of Second Milestone and 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) east-northeast of Robertson Point. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Sigurd L. Bjelland, Manager of the South Georgia Whaling Co station at Leith Harbor for several years beginning in 1951.[1]

References
  1. "Bjelland Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-07-09.

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