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of Norway, probably by Norwegian whalers who frequented this coast.
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bay
Nuñez Peninsula
South Georgia
Queen Maud
King Haakon VII
54°14′S 37°20′W / 54.233°S 37.333°W / -54.233; -37.333
South Georgia Survey
shallop
Hammerstad Reef
54°13′S 37°25′W / 54.217°S 37.417°W / -54.217; -37.417
Semla Reef
"Shallop Cove"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
United States Department of the Interior
"Hammerstad Reef"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
United States Department of the Interior
54°14′S 37°23′W / 54.233°S 37.383°W / -54.233; -37.383
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