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Vestfold Island (54°22′S 36°55′W / 54.367°S 36.917°W) is a small island offshore, forming the northwest entrance point to Larvik, a bay on the south coast of South Georgia. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1982, after the whaling firm A/S Vestfold, which operated the whaling ship Vestfold and a shore whaling station at the head of Stromness Harbor, from about 1920.
  Vestfold Island | |
| Etymology | A/S Vestfold, a whaling firm that operated the whaling ship Vestfold |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Larvik Harbour, South Georgia Island |
| Coordinates | 54°22′S 36°55′W / 54.367°S 36.917°W |
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