Discovery Point

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.

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. South Georgia Museum is situated 3½ km northwest of Discovery Point.

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. Norwegian Anglican Church is situated 3½ km northwest of Discovery Point.

Gull Lake

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. Gull Lake is situated 3 km northwest of Discovery Point.

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. King Edward Point is situated 2½ km north of Discovery 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.

Discovery Point

Type: Locality
Description: cape in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Categories: cape and point
Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude

-54.30632° or 54° 18′ 23″ south

Longitude

-36.47928° or 36° 28′ 45″ west

Open location code

39Q5MGVC+F7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3721643189

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=point

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

3426511

Wikidata ID

Q313278

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Discovery Point” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Discovery Point”
Chinese: “發現角”
German: “Discovery Point”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Discovery Point”
Swedish: “Discovery Point (udde i Sydgeorgien och Sydsandwichöarna)”
Swedish: “Discovery Point”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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