King Edward Point
Grytviken is a former whaling station on South Georgia Island. It was founded in 1904 as it had the best harbour on this storm-wracked island, with flat ice-free terrain and a fresh water supply.
- Village with 22 residents
- Description: capital of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Also known as“Edwards Point”“KEP”“King Edwards Point”
Places of Interest
Highlights include South Georgia Museum and Norwegian Anglican Church.
South Georgia Museum
Museum
Photo: Wofratz, Public domain.
Ernest Shackleton’s Grave
Photo: Wofratz, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grytviken and Discovery Point.
Discovery Point
Locality
Moraine Fjord is an inlet 3.5 nautical miles long with… Discovery Point is situated 2½ km south of King Edward Point.
King Edward Point
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- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.28355° or 54° 17′ 1″ south
Longitude
-36.49464° or 36° 29′ 41″ west
Open location code
39Q5PG84+H4
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“King Edward Point” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “King Edward Point”
- Arabic: “نقطة الملك إدوارد”
- Asturian: “Base King Edward Point”
- Catalan: “King Edward Point”
- Cebuano: “King Edward Point”
- Central Kurdish: “ترۆپکی شا ئێدوارد”
- Chinese: “愛德華七世角”
- Chinese: “爱德华七世角”
- Chinese: “爱德华国王角”
- Church Slavic: “Мꙑсъ Кралꙗ Єдоуарда”
- Czech: “King Edward Point”
- Dutch: “KEP”
- Dutch: “King Edward Point”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نقطة الملك ادوارد”
- Esperanto: “King Edward Point”
- Esperanto: “Reĝo-Eduardo-Punkto”
- Finnish: “King Edward Point”
- French: “King Edward Point”
- Galician: “King Edward Point”
- Georgian: “კინგ-ედუარდ-პოინტი”
- German: “King Edward Point”
- German: “King-Edward-Point”
- Greek: “Κινγκ Έντουαρντ Πόιντ”
- Greek: “Κίνγκ Έντουαρντ Πόιντ”
- Hebrew: “קינג אדוארד פוינט”
- Indonesian: “King Edward Point”
- Irish: “King Edward Point”
- Italian: “King Edward Point”
- Japanese: “キング・エドワード・ポイント”
- Japanese: “キング・エドワード岬”
- Korean: “킹에드워드포인트”
- Ladino: “King Edward Point”
- Latvian: “Kingedvardpointa”
- Lithuanian: “King Edvard Pointas”
- Macedonian: “Кинг Едвард Поинт”
- Malay: “King Edward Point”
- Min Nan Chinese: “King Edward Point”
- Mingrelian: “კინგ-ედუარდ-პოინტი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “King Edward Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “King Edward Point”
- Norwegian: “King Edward Point”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ēadweard Cyning Næss”
- Papiamento: “King Edward Point”
- Persian: “کینگ ادوارد پوینت”
- Polish: “King Edward Point”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Rei Eduardo”
- Portuguese: “King Edward Point”
- Portuguese: “Ponto Rei Eduardo”
- Russian: “Кинг Эдвард Поинт”
- Russian: “Кинг Эдвард Пойнт”
- Russian: “Кинг Эдуард Поинт”
- Russian: “Кинг Эдуард Пойнт”
- Russian: “Кинг-Эдуард-Пойнт”
- Serbian: “Кинг Едвард Поинт”
- Serbian: “Кинг Едвард Појнт”
- Serbo-Croatian: “King Edward Point”
- Sinhala: “කිං එඩ්වඩ් පොයින්ට්”
- Slovak: “King Edward Point”
- Spanish: “King Edward Point”
- Spanish: “Punta Coronel Zelaya”
- Spanish: “Punto Coronel Zelaya”
- Swedish: “King Edward Point”
- Tamil: “கிங் எட்வர்டு பாய்ன்ட்”
- Thai: “คิงเอดเวิร์ดพ็อยนต์”
- Thai: “คิงเอ็ดเวิร์ดพ็อยนต์”
- Turkish: “King Edward Point”
- Ukrainian: “Кінг-Едвард-Пойнт”
- Urdu: “کنگ ایڈورڈ پوائنٹ”
- Yue Chinese: “愛德華國王角”
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