Trollhul
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Trollhul is a small cove
4 nautical miles (7 km) northwest of Cape Disappointment
at the mouth of Graae Glacier
, along the south coast of South Georgia.
Trollhul was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951-57. The name is well established in local use.
The name is Norwegian
and means "troll
hollow".
Cove
A cove is a small type of bay or coastal inlet. They usually have narrow, restricted entrances, are often circular or oval, and are often inside a larger bay. Small, narrow, sheltered bays, inlets, creeks, or recesses in a coast are often considered coves...
4 nautical miles (7 km) northwest of Cape Disappointment
Cape Disappointment (South Georgia)
Cape Disappointment is a headland which forms the southern extremity of South Georgia. It was first charted and so named in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook, who upon reaching this position was greatly disappointed in realizing that South Georgia was an island rather than a continent....
at the mouth of Graae Glacier
Graae Glacier
Graae Glacier is a glacier 2 miles long on the north side of Mount Sabatier, flowing west-southwest to Trollhul in the south part of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Morgens E.W. Graae of Denmark, who...
, along the south coast of South Georgia.
Trollhul was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951-57. The name is well established in local use.
The name is Norwegian
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
and means "troll
Troll
A troll is a supernatural being in Norse mythology and Scandinavian folklore. In origin, the term troll was a generally negative synonym for a jötunn , a being in Norse mythology...
hollow".