Gull Lake
Gull Lake is a lake, 0.15 nautical miles in diameter, lying close to the southwest shore of King Edward Cove, 0.5 nautical miles south of the abandoned whaling station at Grytviken, South Georgia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: lake in South Georgia Island
- Also known as: “Gull Lake, South Georgia”, “Möven See”, and “Möwensee”
Places of Interest
Highlights include South Georgia Museum and Norwegian Anglican Church.
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.
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.
Orca Peak
Peak
Orca Peak is a peak, 395 m, standing west of Grytviken on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1930 British Admiralty chart. This article incorporates public domain material from…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grytviken and King Edward Point.
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.
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.
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.
Gull Lake
- Categories: lake and body of water
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-54.28815° or 54° 17′ 17″ southLongitude
-36.51603° or 36° 30′ 58″ westElevation
146 metres (479 feet)Open location code
39Q5PF6M+PHOpenStreetMap ID
way 47913826OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
3426464Wikidata ID
Q5617725
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Gull Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gull Lake”
- Chinese: “格爾湖”
- French: “Gull Lake”
- German: “Gull Lake”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gull Lake i Sør-Georgia”
- Spanish: “Lago Gaviota”
- Swedish: “Gull Lake”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Power Plant and Ernest Shackleton’s Grave.
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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 “Gull Lake”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.