Løken Pond

Løken Pond (54°14′S 36°30′W / 54.233°S 36.500°W / -54.233; -36.500Coordinates: 54°14′S 36°30′W / 54.233°S 36.500°W / -54.233; -36.500) is a pond east of Burnet Cove, Maiviken, in northern Thatcher Peninsula, South Georgia. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1991 after the Reverend Kristen Løken (1885–1975), a Norwegian Lutheran minister from Lillehammer, who was the first appointed Pastor of South Georgia. He was at Grytviken whaling station, 1912–14, and supervised the building of the church there.[1]

References

  1. "Løken Pond". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-06-28.

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