Kelp Point
Kelp Point is a point fringed by kelp, marking the south side of the entrance to Husvik Harbor, the southern arm of Stromness Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. It was charted and named by Discovery Investigations personnel in the period 1926–30.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jason Peak and Ruby Peak.
Jason Peak
Peak
Jason Peak is a peak, 675 metres high, lying 1 mile west of Jason Harbour on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1929 British Admiralty chart.
Ruby Peak
Peak
Ruby Peak is a peak rising on the east side of Olsen Valley to the southwest of Jason Peak, South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1930 British Admiralty chart. This article incorporates public domain material from… Ruby Peak is situated 3 km southwest of Kelp Point.
Diamond Peak
Peak
Diamond Peak is a peak rising to 610 m west of Jason Harbor, Cumberland West Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. Charted and named by DI between 1925 and 1929. This article incorporates public domain material from… Diamond Peak is situated 3 km south of Kelp Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Husvik and Leith Harbour.
Husvik
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Husvik 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 Leith Harbour. Husvik is situated 4½ km west of Kelp Point.
Leith Harbour
Village
Photo: Harley D. Nygren, Public domain.
Leith Harbour, also known as Port Leith, was a whaling station on the northeast coast of South Georgia, established and operated by Christian Salvesen Ltd, Edinburgh. Leith Harbour is situated 5 km northwest of Kelp Point.
Kelp Point
- Type: Locality
- Description: cape in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Category: cape
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.17646° or 54° 10′ 35″ southLongitude
-36.63936° or 36° 38′ 22″ westElevation
62 metres (203 feet)Open location code
39Q5R9F6+C7OpenStreetMap ID
node 9097325320OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kelp Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kelp Point”
- Chinese: “克爾普角”
- German: “Kelp Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kelp Point”
- Spanish: “Punta Cachiyuyo”
- Swedish: “Kelp Point (udde i Sydgeorgien och Sydsandwichöarna)”
- Swedish: “Kelp Point”
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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 “Kelp Point”. Photo: Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0.