Tussock Island

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Tussock Island

South Georgia
(South Georgia and
the South Sandwich Islands
)

Location
Location: 54°29’25"S, 37°6’54"W
Data

Tussock Island lies off the west coast of Annenkov Island, south-west of South Georgia.

Following geological work by the British Antarctic Survey in 1972-73, the island was named after the tussock grass (Poa flabellata), which mantles this little island.

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia: Annenkov Island • Bird Island • Clerke Rocks • Cooper Island • Grass Island • Kupriyanov Islands • Pickersgill Islands • Saddle Island • Shag Rocks • South Georgia • Welcome Islands • Willis Islands • Trinity Island • Grassholm • Black Rocks • Black Rock
South Sandwich Islands:

Bellingshausen • Bristol • Candlemas • Cook • Leskov • Montagu • Saunders • Thule • Vindication • Visokoi • Zavodovski