Hound Bay
Hound Bay is a bay at the base of Barff Peninsula. It is 2.5 miles wide at its mouth and recedes 3 miles, entered between Tijuca Point and Cape Vakop along the north coast of South Georgia.- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Bahia Hound”, “Bahía Jorge”, “Bikjebugten”, “George Bay”, “Hundebugten”, “St. George Bay”, and “St. Georges Bay”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Fusilier Mountain.
Hound Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.38736° or 54° 23′ 15″ south
Longitude
-36.25591° or 36° 15′ 21″ west
Open location code
39Q5JP7V+3J
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hound Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hound Bay”
- Chinese: “獵狗灣”
- German: “Hound Bay”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bikjebukten”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bikjebukten”
- Norwegian: “Bikjebukten”
- Spanish: “Bahía Hound”
- Swedish: “Hound Bay”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Canine Point and Lonberg Valley.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Fleuret Peak and Rostkovia Falls.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Grytviken and South Georgia Island.
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