Gulbrandsen Lake
Gulbrandsen Lake is a lake 0.5 miles long lying north of Neumayer Glacier in South Georgia. It is now an empty basin; the moraine and or ice dam formed by the Neumeyer Glacier no longer contains this lake.- Type: Lake
- Description: lake on South Georgia in the South Atlantic Ocean
- Also known as: “White City”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blechnum Peaks and McIlroy Peak.
Blechnum Peaks
Peak
Blechnum Peaks are three peaks, the highest 640 metres high, on the north–south ridge between Gulbrandsen Lake and Olsen Valley on the north coast of South Georgia.
McIlroy Peak
Peak
McIlroy Peak is a peak rising to 745 metres west of Husvik Harbour and 0.8 nautical miles south of Mount Barren, South Georgia. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1990 after Dr.
Mount Barren
Peak
Mount Barren is a mountain, 645 metres high, standing west of Husvik Harbour on the north coast of South Georgia. Its name is descriptive, and was probably given by the Discovery Investigations in 1926–30. Mount Barren is situated 3 km northwest of Gulbrandsen Lake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Husvik and Leith Harbour.
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 2½ km northeast of Gulbrandsen Lake.
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 7 km northeast of Gulbrandsen Lake.
Gulbrandsen Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Gulbrandsen Lake” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “古爾布蘭德森湖”
- Croatian: “Gulbrandsen (jezero)”
- Croatian: “Gulbrandsen”
- French: “Gulbrandsen Lake”
- German: “Gulbrandsen Lake”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gulbrandsen Lake”
- Spanish: “Lago Gulbrandsen”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kanin Point and Point Purvis.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Husdal and Seagull Rock.
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