Grass Island, South Georgia

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Not to be confused with Grassholm, South Georgia

Grass Island (54°9′S, 36°40′W) is a conspicuous island lying across the entrance to Stromness Harbour in Stromness Bay, South Georgia. It was known as "Mutton Island" as early as 1912, but since 1920 the name Grass Island has been consistently used.

On the 22nd and 23rd April, 1982, after a British SBS team were driven back by snow at Cumberland East Bay, the SAS was landed on Grass Island from HMS Antrim, and launched their attack on Argentine positions from here.[1]

In 2000, the island became rat-free after a team from New Zealand helped a cull.

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This article incorporates text from Grass Island, South Georgia, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.

  1. ^ Bicheno, Hugh (2006) Razor's Edge: The Unofficial History of the Falklands War. London. Weidenfield & Nicholson. ISBN-13 978-0-7538-2186-2
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