Berntsen Ridge
Berntsen Ridge (54°9′S 36°43′W / 54.150°S 36.717°W) is a ridge on the north coast of South Georgia, running west from Tonsberg Point and rising to about 580 m at the west end. The ridge partly occupies the peninsula between Stromness Harbor and Husvik Harbor. Named in 1991 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Captain Soren Berntsen (1880-1940), Norwegian whaler who established Husvik whaling station for Tonsberg Hvalfangeri and became its first manager in 1910; later Master of SS Orwell, a whaling factory ship.
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