Sacramento Bight
Sacramento Bight is an open bight, 2.5 miles wide, between Calf Head and Cape Harcourt on the north coast of South Georgia. The name "Pinguin-Bay" was given by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations, 1882–83, to a small bay within the bight now described.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Brocken and Harcourt Island.
Brocken
Peak
Brocken is a mountain rising over 610 metres close southwest of Calf Head on the north side of South Georgia. It was named by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations, 1882–83, after the Brocken, the highest mountain in central Germany.
Harcourt Island
Islet
Harcourt Island is a small island at the north side of the entrance to Royal Bay, South Georgia. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971 after Cape Harcourt, the easternmost point of this island.
Mount Krokisius
Peak
Mount Krokisius is a mountain 0.6 nautical miles northeast of Moltke Harbor, South Georgia. Named by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations, 1882–83, for Corvette Captain Ferdinand Krokisius, commander of the Marie, one of the two ships of the expedition.
Sacramento Bight
- Type: Bay
- Also known as: “Pinguin-Bay” and “Sacramento Bay”
- Categories: bight and body of water
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.49107° or 54° 29′ 28″ southLongitude
-36.02949° or 36° 1′ 46″ westOpen location code
39Q5GX5C+H6OpenStreetMap ID
node 9093034534OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
3426305Wikidata ID
Q7396960
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Sacramento Bight” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sacramento Bight”
- Chinese: “薩克拉門托灣”
- German: “Sacramento Bight”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sacramento Bight”
- Swedish: “Sacramento Bight”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Marie Point and Moltke Station.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pirner Peak and Binary Peaks.
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