Tønsberg Point
Tønsberg Point is the east extremity of a low rocky peninsula which projects into Stromness Bay, South Georgia, separating Stromness Harbor on the north from Husvik Harbor on the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Se Mo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jason Peak and Coronda Peak.
Jason Peak
Peak
Jason Peak is a peak, 675 metres high, lying 1 mile west of Jason Harbour on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1929 British Admiralty chart. Jason Peak is situated 3½ km southeast of Tønsberg Point.
Coronda Peak
Peak
Coronda Peak is a peak over 610 metres high, standing north of Leith Harbour on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears on a chart showing the results of surveys by Discovery Investigations personnel in 1927 and 1929, and is probably after the SS Coronda whose captain was of assistance to the survey party. Coronda Peak is situated 3½ km north of Tønsberg Point.
Ruby Peak
Peak
Ruby Peak is a peak rising on the east side of Olsen Valley to the southwest of Jason Peak, South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1930 British Admiralty chart. This article incorporates public domain material from… Ruby Peak is situated 4 km south of Tønsberg Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leith Harbour and Husvik.
Leith Harbour
Village
Photo: Harley D. Nygren, Public domain.
Leith Harbour, also known as Port Leith, was a whaling station on the northeast coast of South Georgia, established and operated by Christian Salvesen Ltd, Edinburgh. Leith Harbour is situated 3½ km northwest of Tønsberg Point.
Husvik
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Husvik is a former whaling station on the north-central coast of South Georgia Island. It was one of three such stations in Stromness Bay, the other two being Stromness and Leith Harbour. Husvik is situated 4 km west of Tønsberg Point.
Tønsberg Point
- Type: Locality
- Description: cape in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Category: cape
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.16767° or 54° 10′ 4″ southLongitude
-36.65139° or 36° 39′ 5″ westOpen location code
39Q5R8JX+WCOpenStreetMap ID
node 9099665656OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
3426253Wikidata ID
Q393661
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Tønsberg Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tønsberg Point”
- Chinese: “通斯伯格角”
- German: “Tønsberg Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tonsberg Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tønsberg Point”
- Spanish: “Punta Tønsberg”
- Swedish: “Tønsberg Point”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tønsberg Point”. Photo: Se Mo, CC BY-SA 2.0.