Rustad Bay

Rustad Bay (54°30′S 37°5′W / 54.500°S 37.083°W / -54.500; -37.083Coordinates: 54°30′S 37°5′W / 54.500°S 37.083°W / -54.500; -37.083) is a small bay indenting the southwest side of Annenkov Island, off the south coast of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Ditlef Rustad, biologist of the Norwegian expedition under Horntvedt, 1927–28, during which he visited and made collections on Annenkov Island.

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