Brutus Island () is a small
island lying near the center of
Prince Olav Harbour
Prince Olav Harbour is a small harbour in the south west portion of Cook Bay, entered between Point Abrahamsen and Sheep Point, along the north coast of South Georgia.
Background
Throughout the 19th century, South Georgia was a sealers' base ...
on the north coast of
South Georgia
South Georgia ( es, Isla San Pedro) is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. Stretching in the east†...
. The descriptive name Saddle Island was given for this feature, probably by a British expedition under
Ernest Shackleton, 1921–22, but the same name is used elsewhere in the Antarctic; to avoid confusion a new name has been approved for this feature. The name Brutus Island, after the hulk ''Brutus'', which was towed across with coal from
South Africa by two small catchers and has for many years been moored alongside the whaling station in Prince Olav Harbour, was proposed by
Harold Salvesen.
See also
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List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
References
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Islands of South Georgia
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