Hope Point
King Edward Cove is a sheltered cove in the west side of Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia. This cove and its surrounding features, frequented by early sealers at South Georgia, was charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Otto Nordenskiöld who named it Grytviken.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Liam Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include South Georgia Museum and Mount Duse.
South Georgia Museum
Museum
Photo: Wofratz, Public domain.
The South Georgia Museum is situated in Grytviken, near the administrative centre of the UK overseas territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Mount Duse
Peak
Thatcher Peninsula is a mountainous peninsula in north-central South Georgia. Its total area is approximately 5,640 hectares, with roughly 1,620 ha covered in vegetation.
Norwegian Anglican Church
Church
Photo: nomis-simon, CC BY 2.0.
The Norwegian Anglican Church, sometimes known as the Whalers Church, and as the Norwegian Lutheran Church, and casually as the Grytviken Church, is a church in Grytviken, South Georgia, built in 1913.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include King Edward Point and Grytviken.
King Edward Point
Village
Photo: Liam Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Grytviken
Photo: Jens Bludau, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Discovery Point
Locality
Moraine Fjord is an inlet 3.5 nautical miles long with a reef extending across its entrance, forming the west head of Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia.
Hope Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.28364° or 54° 17′ 1″ southLongitude
-36.48794° or 36° 29′ 17″ westOpen location code
39Q5PG86+GROpenStreetMap ID
node 4258212295OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
3426441Wikidata ID
Q312911
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hope Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hope Point”
- Chinese: “霍普角”
- German: “Hope Point”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hope Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hope Point”
- Norwegian: “Hope Point”
- Spanish: “Punta Carcelles”
- Spanish: “Punta Esperanza”
- Swedish: “Hope Point (udde i Sydgeorgien och Sydsandwichöarna)”
- Swedish: “Hope Point”
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Highlights include Shackleton’s Memorial and Memorial.
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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 “Hope Point”. Photo: Liam Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.