United Kingdom and South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
54°11′S 37°37′W
Samuel Islands
2 km (2 miles) east-southeast of Klutschak Point. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951–57.
Overview
The Samuel Islands (54°11′S 37°37′W) are a group of small islands and rocks lying close to the south coast of South Georgia, 1.6 km (1 mile) west-southwest of Nilse Hullet and 3.2 km (2 miles) east-southeast of Klutschak Point. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951–57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the catcher Don Samuel, built in 1925 and later owned by the Compania Argentina de Pesca, Grytviken, which sank in the vicinity of these islands in 1951.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands1
- Minor islands0
- Islets2
- Rocks & skerries0
Major islands
1
Tidespring Island
- Area
- 0.11 km²
- High point
- 64 m
Islets
2
- Austin Island10 m · 0.04 km²
- Unnamed island11 m · 0.03 km²
Figures
Comparative heights
- Tidespring: 64 m
- Austin: 10 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
km², log scale
| Tidespring Island | 0.11 km² |
| Austin Island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.03 km² |