Busen Point
Busen Point or Busen Peninsula is a headland forming the southeast side of the entrance to Stromness Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia island. It lies on the Lewin Peninsula in between Stromness Bay and Cumberland West Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Also known as: “Busen Peninsula”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Justa Peak.
Justa Peak
Peak
Justa Peak is a peak, 495 metres high, lying southwest of Busen Point on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1929 British Admiralty chart.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leith Harbour.
Leith Harbour
Village
Photo: Harley D. Nygren, Public domain.
Leith Harbour, also known as Port Leith, was a whaling station on the northeast coast of South Georgia, established and operated by Christian Salvesen Ltd, Edinburgh.
Busen Point
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.16384° or 54° 9′ 50″ southLongitude
-36.55113° or 36° 33′ 4″ westOpen location code
39Q5RCPX+FGOpenStreetMap ID
node 9097325351OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
3426557Wikidata ID
Q312926
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Satellite Map
Discover Busen Point from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Busen Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Busen Point”
- Chinese: “布森角”
- German: “Busen Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Busen Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Busenhalvøya”
- Portuguese: “Cabo de Bunsen”
- Portuguese: “Península de Busen”
- Spanish: “Peninsula de Busen”
- Spanish: “Península de Busen”
- Swedish: “Busen Point”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Jumbo Cove and The Crutch.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Justa Peak and Ems Rock.
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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 “Busen Point”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.