# Elsehul

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**Elsehul** (also **Paddocks Cove**, **Else Cove**, **Elsie Bay**, **Elsa Bay**, **Else's Hole**, and **Else Bay**) is a [bay](/source/Bay) along the north coast of [South Georgia Island](/source/South_Georgia_Island) in the southern [Atlantic Ocean](/source/Atlantic_Ocean). Elsehul is approximately 0.5 miles (0.8 km) wide, and is separated from nearby [Undine Harbour](/source/Undine_Harbour) by the narrow [Survey Isthmus](/source/Survey_Isthmus). The name "Elsehul" dates back to the period 1905–12 and was probably applied by [Norwegian](/source/Norway) sealers and whalers working in the area.[1] The [Discovery Investigations](/source/Discovery_Investigations) (DI) expedition of 1930 surveyed Elsehul and the surrounding area, naming many features. A [British Admiralty](/source/British_Admiralty) chart dating to 1931 provided the first instance of many other names; unless otherwise specified, features noted in this article were first named on this chart.

## Named features

### Western shore

A [shoal](/source/Shoal) known as Fairway Patch lies in the entrance of the bay.[2] The west side of the entrance is a small promontory 40 m (130 ft) high called Post Rock.[3]

During their 1930 survey, DI personnel charted and named The Knob, a conspicuous 40 m (130 ft) high dome-shaped rock on the west side of the bay.[4] The Knob defines the east coast of a small [cove](/source/Cove), Joke Cove.[5] South of The Knob is Inner Bay, which comprises the entire southern portion of Elsehul.[6]

### Eastern shore

On the eastern shore, Pyramid Point defines the eastern boundary of Inner Bay.[7] Continuing north, Pull Point sits half a [nautical mile](/source/Nautical_mile) (.93 km) south of Cape Pride, which marks the east side of the entrance to Elsehul.[8] Cape Pride appears to have been named by DI personnel.[9] Just northwest is Stina Rock, a conical rock 35 m (115 ft) high. It was originally named "Pillar Rock," but renamed to avoid confusion with another feature of that name. The name Stina Rock was proposed by the [United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee](/source/United_Kingdom_Antarctic_Place-Names_Committee) (UK-APC) in 1957.[10]

Sørn and Bernt are two conspicuous rocks that sit 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Cape Pride. The name appears on a chart based upon surveys by DI personnel between 1926 and 1930, and comes from [Søren Berntsen](/source/S%C3%B8ren_Berntsen) and Herman Berntsen, managers of the Tønsberg Hvalfangeri whaling station at [Husvik](/source/Husvik).[11]

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