Vestfold Island (54°22′S 36°55′W / 54.367°S 36.917°W / -54.367; -36.917) 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
Vestfold Island is located in Antarctica
Vestfold Island
Vestfold Island
EtymologyA/S Vestfold, a whaling firm that operated the whaling ship Vestfold
Geography
LocationLarvik Harbour, South Georgia Island
Coordinates54°22′S 36°55′W / 54.367°S 36.917°W / -54.367; -36.917

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