Coordinates: 54°50′S 36°1′W / 54.833°S 36.017°W / -54.833; -36.017

Bonner Beach

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Bonner Beach (Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).) is a small, flat beach on the south shore of Larsen Harbor in the southeast part of South Georgia. It is the only place in South Georgia where Weddell seals breed. The area was mapped by DI personnel in 1927 and by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1957 for William Nigel Bonner, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey biologist who worked in the Bay of Isles in 1953–55 and was sealing inspector in South Georgia in 1956–57.

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