Discovery Point
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Places of Interest
Highlights include South Georgia Museum and Gull Lake.
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.
Gull Lake
Reservoir
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.
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. Norwegian Anglican Church is situated 3½ 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″ southLongitude
-36.47928° or 36° 28′ 45″ westOpen location code
39Q5MGVC+F7OpenStreetMap ID
node 3721643189OpenStreetMap feature
natural=pointOpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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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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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 “Discovery Point”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.