Bordal Rock (54°49′S 36°14′W / 54.817°S 36.233°W / -54.817; -36.233) is an isolated rock 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) west-southwest of Trollhul, off the south coast of South Georgia. Positioned by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, it was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Harald Bordal, a gunner of the Compañía Argentina de Pesca, Grytviken, for several years beginning in 1948.[1]

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  1. ↑ "Bordal Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2 August 2011.

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