Arms of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Hauge Reef

(Hauge Strait)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Location: 54° 28' 24" S 36° 56' 51" W
running WSW-ENE for 5.5 km, between Annenkov Island and Cape Darnley, was charted by the the Russian Antarctic Expedition in 1819; included with Annenkov Island and offlying rocks and reefs under the names South Mary's Islands, used by the early sealers (Faustini, 1906, map p. 357), and Annenkov Islands; surveyed by the the South Georgia Survey, 1951-52, and named Hauge Reef after Capt. Ole Hauge, of the sealer Albatros, who assisted the the South Georgia Survey with his knowledge of the coasts of South Georgia.