Kelp Point

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Kelp Point ( 54°10′S36°38′W / 54.167°S 36.633°W / -54.167; -36.633 Coordinates: 54°10′S36°38′W / 54.167°S 36.633°W / -54.167; -36.633 ) is a point fringed by kelp, marking the south side of the entrance to Husvik Harbor, the southern arm of Stromness Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. It was charted and named by Discovery Investigations personnel in the period 1926–30. [1]

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Kelp Large brown seaweeds in the order Laminariales

Kelps are large brown algae seaweeds that make up the order Laminariales. There are about 30 different genera.

Stromness Bay bay of South Georgia Island

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