Tønsberg Cove

Tønsberg Cove is a cove 1 nautical mile southeast of Penguin Point on the north coast of , in the . It was charted in 1912–13 by Petter Sørlle, a Norwegian whaling captain and named after the Tønsberg Hvalfangeri, of , Norway, a company which operated a permanent whaling base in the South Orkney Islands in the period 1920–30.
Wikipedia
  • Cove
  • …lies at an elevation of 36 metres (118 feet)
  • …is also known as “Tonsberg, caleta”
  • Description: cove in the South Orkney Islands

Tønsberg Cove

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Latitude
-60.533° or 60° 31′ 59″ south
Longitude
-45.916° or 45° 54′ 58″ west
Open location code
38FPF38M+QJ
Geo­Names ID
6626841
Wiki­data ID
Q7821658

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Tønsberg Cove” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “滕斯貝格灣”
  • German: “Tønsberg Cove”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tønsberg Cove”
  • Spanish: “Tønsberg, caleta”
  • Swedish: “Tønsberg, caleta”

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