Stromness Bay
Stromness Bay is a bay 3 miles wide, entered between Cape Saunders and Busen Point on the north coast of South Georgia. Stromness Bay, like Leith Harbour takes its name from a location in Scotland, Stromness, on the Orkney Mainland.
Wofratz, Public domain.- Bay
- Description: bay of South Georgia Island
- Also known as“Sorrowness Bay”“Strömnes Bucht”
Places of Interest Nearby
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Coronda Peak
Peak
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leith Harbour and Husvik.
Leith Harbour
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Stromness Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.15619° or 54° 9′ 22″ south
Longitude
-36.6284° or 36° 37′ 42″ west
Open location code
39Q5R9VC+GJ
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OpenStreetMap feature
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Stromness Bay” goes by many names.
Stromness BayCebuano
斯特羅姆內斯灣Chinese
StrømnesfjordenNorwegian
Stromnes BayNorwegian Bokmål
StrømnesfjordenNorwegian Bokmål
Stromness BayNorwegian Bokmål
StrømnesfjordenNorwegian Nynorsk
Stromness BayNorwegian Nynorsk
Stromness BaySwedish
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Islets
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Highlights
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