Islands
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands

Fortuna Bay

Fortuna Bay is a bay 3 miles long and 1 mile wide. Its entrance is defined by Cape Best on the west and Robertson Point to the east, near on the north coast of South Georgia.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Fortuna Peak and Best Peak.

Peak
is a peak, 385 metres high, standing at the east side of Fortuna Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart, and is probably in association with Fortuna Bay.

Peak
is a peak, 600 metres high, standing southwest of , Fortuna Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart.

Peak
is a peak rising to about 500 metres east of Fortuna Bay, South Georgia. It was charted by Discovery Investigations, 1929–30, and named after Noel Atherton, cartographer in the Admiralty Hydrographic Office at the time, later chief Civil Hydrographic Officer, 1951–62.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leith Harbour and Husvik.

Village
Photo: Harley D. Nygren, Public domain.
, also known as Port Leith, was a whaling station on the northeast coast of South Georgia, established and operated by Christian Salvesen Ltd, .

Locality
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is a former whaling station on the north-central coast of South Georgia Island. It was one of three such stations in , the other two being Stromness and .

Fortuna Bay

Latitude
-54.13403° or 54° 8′ 3″ south
Longitude
-36.80292° or 36° 48′ 11″ west
Open location code
39Q5V58W+9R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 831220267
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
3426482
Wiki­data ID
Q4567714
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Satellite Map

Discover Fortuna Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Fortuna Bay” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Fortuna Bay”
  • Chinese: “福圖納灣”
  • German: “Fortuna Bay”
  • Italian: “Fortuna Bay”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fortuna Bay”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fortuna Bay”
  • Norwegian: “Fortuna Bay”
  • Spanish: “Bahia de la Fortuna”
  • Spanish: “Bahía de la Fortuna”
  • Spanish: “Bahía Fortuna”
  • Swedish: “Fortuna Bay”

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