Freshwater Inlet

Freshwater Inlet (54°0′S 38°3′W / 54.000°S 38.050°W / -54.000; -38.050Coordinates: 54°0′S 38°3′W / 54.000°S 38.050°W / -54.000; -38.050) is the small eastern arm of Jordan Cove on the south side of Bird Island, South Georgia. It was charted by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and was so named in 1956 by W.N. Bonner, a British government biologist and sealing inspector, because the feature is fed by freshwater streams.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Freshwater Inlet". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-09.

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