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.
Photo: Wofratz, Public domain.- Type: Bay
- Description: bay of South Georgia Island
- Also known as: “Bahia Stromness”, “Sorrowness Bay”, “Stromnes Bay”, and “Strömnes Bucht”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Coronda Peak.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leith Harbour and Husvik.
Leith Harbour
Village
Photo: Harley D. Nygren, Public domain.Husvik
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Stromness Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-54.15619° or 54° 9′ 22″ south
Longitude
-36.6284° or 36° 37′ 42″ west
Open location code
39Q5R9VC+GJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Stromness Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Stromness Bay”
- Chinese: “斯特羅姆內斯灣”
- French: “baie de Stromness”
- French: “Baie de Stromness”
- German: “Stromness Bay”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Strømnesfjorden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Strømnesfjorden”
- Norwegian: “Strømnesfjorden”
- Spanish: “Bahía Stromness”
- Swedish: “Stromness Bay”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Framnaes Point and Pram Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Framnaes Point and Bill Rock.
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