Gerd Island

Gerd Island (60°40′S 45°44′W) is an island 1 nautical mile (2 km) west-southwest of Stene Point at the east side of the entrance to Norway Bight, off the south coast of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands. It was charted and named by Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sorlle, who made a running survey of the South Orkney Islands in 1912–13.[1]

Gerd Island.

See also
  • List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

References
  1. "Gerd Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-22.

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