Islands
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands

Stromness Bay

Stromness Bay is a bay 3 miles wide, entered between Cape Saunders and on the north coast of South Georgia. Stromness Bay, like takes its name from a location in Scotland, , on the Orkney Mainland.
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Wikipedia
Photo: Wofratz, Public domain.
  • Type: Bay
  • Description: bay of South Georgia Island
  • Also known as: “Sorrowness Bay” and “Strömnes Bucht”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Coronda Peak.

Peak
is a peak over 610 metres high, standing north of 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leith Harbour and Husvik.

Village
Photo: Harley D. Nygren, Public domain.
, also known as Port Leith, was a whaling station on the northeast coast of South Georgia, established and operated by Christian Salvesen Ltd, .

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 .

Stromness Bay

Latitude
-54.15619° or 54° 9′ 22″ south
Longitude
-36.6284° or 36° 37′ 42″ west
Open location code
39Q5R9VC+GJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 831220250
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
3426268
Wiki­data ID
Q1510300
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Satellite Map

Discover Stromness Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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: “Stromnes Bay”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Strømnesfjorden”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Stromness Bay”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Strømnesfjorden”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stromness Bay”
  • Norwegian: “Strømnesfjorden”
  • Spanish: “Bahia Stromness”
  • Spanish: “Bahía Stromness”
  • Swedish: “Stromness Bay”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Framnaes Point and Pram Point.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Framnaes Point and Bill Rock.

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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 “Stromness Bay”. Photo: Wofratz, Public domain.