Jossac Bight
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Jossac Bight is a bight
Bight (geography)
In geography, bight has two meanings. A bight can be simply a bend or curve in any geographical feature—usually a bend or curve in the line between land and water....

 extending for 7 miles (11 km) along the south coast of South Georgia between Holmestrand and Aspasia Point
Aspasia Point
Aspasia Point is a steep rocky headland forming the west extremity of Fanning Ridge, lying east-southeast of Cape Nuñez on the south coast of the island of South Georgia. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee following mapping by the South Georgia Survey in 1951–52...

. The name "Jossac Bite" [sic] was used by the early sealers for a bight to the southeast of King Haakon Bay
King Haakon Bay
King Haakon Bay, or King Haakon Sound, is an inlet on the southern coast of the island of South Georgia. The inlet is approximately long and wide.The inlet was named for King Haakon VII of Norway by Carl Anton Larsen the founder of Grytviken...

, probably the feature now described. The compound name "Holmestrand-Hortenbucht" (presumably derived from the two existing names Holmestrand and Horten, q.v.) was later used by a German expedition under Kohl-Larsen
Ludwig Kohl-Larsen
Ludwig Kohl-Larsen was a German physician, amateur anthropologist, and explorer.-Biography:...

1928-29. A form of the earlier name has been approved.
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