Bjelland Point
Bjelland Point is a headland on the north coast of South Georgia, immediately south of Second Milestone and 1.5 nautical miles east-northeast of Robertson Point.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Atherton Peak and Harper Peak.
Atherton Peak
Peak
Atherton 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.
Harper Peak
Peak
Harper Peak is a peak, 785 metres high, standing east of Fortuna Peak and Fortuna Bay on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart.
Mount Antell
Peak
Mount Antell is a mountain rising above 610 metres, overlooking the north coast of South Georgia midway between Bjelland Point and Hercules Point. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Georg Antell, foreman of the South Georgia Whaling Company station at nearby Leith Harbour, 1913–39.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leith Harbour and Husvik.
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. Leith Harbour is situated 5 km southeast of Bjelland Point.
Husvik
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Husvik is a former whaling station on the north-central coast of South Georgia Island. It was one of three such stations in Stromness Bay, the other two being Stromness and Leith Harbour. Husvik is situated 8 km south of Bjelland Point.
Bjelland Point
- Type: Locality
- Category: point
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.10514° or 54° 6′ 19″ southLongitude
-36.7306° or 36° 43′ 50″ westOpen location code
39Q5V7V9+WQOpenStreetMap ID
node 9128776485OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
10787442Wikidata ID
Q313257
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Bjelland Point” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “比耶蘭角”
- German: “Bjelland Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bjelland Point”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Antell Point and Fortuna Bay.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Treble Peak and Fortuna Peak.
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