Grass Island, South Georgia

Not to be confused with Grassholm, South Georgia.

Grass Island, South Georgia

Stromness Bay, loacation of the Grass Island
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Geography
Coordinates	54°9′S 36°40′W
Archipelago	South Georgia
Administration
United Kingdom

Grass Island (Spanish: Isla Pasto) 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 22 and 23 April 1982, after a British Special Boat Service team had been driven back by snow at Cumberland East Bay, as part of Operation Paraquet a Troop of the Special Air Service was landed on Grass Island from HMS Antrim, and set up an observation post in preparations for an attack on Argentine positions.

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

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic islands north of 60° S
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Grass Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.