Orca Peak

Orca Peak is a peak, 395 m, standing west of Grytviken on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1930 British Admiralty chart. This article incorporates public domain material from…
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Places of Interest

Highlights include South Georgia Museum and Norwegian Anglican Church.

Museum
Photo: Wofratz, Public domain.
The is situated in , near the administrative centre of the UK overseas territory of .

Church
Photo: nomis-simon, CC BY 2.0.
The , sometimes known as the Whalers Church, and as the Norwegian Lutheran Church, and casually as the Grytviken Church, is a church in , South Georgia, built in 1913.

Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Thatcher Peninsula is a mountainous peninsula in north-central South Georgia. Its total area is approximately 5,640 hectares, with roughly 1,620 ha covered in vegetation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grytviken and King Edward Point.

Photo: Jens Bludau, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a former whaling station on . 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.

Village
Photo: Liam Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grytviken is a former whaling station on . 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.

Locality
Moraine Fjord is an inlet 3.5 nautical miles long with a reef extending across its entrance, forming the west head of , South Georgia.

Orca Peak

Latitude
-54.28045° or 54° 16′ 50″ south
Longitude
-36.52053° or 36° 31′ 14″ west
Elevation
395 metres (1,296 feet)
Open location code
39Q5PF9H+RQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9097307716
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
10787653
Wiki­data ID
Q7100156
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Satellite Map

Discover Orca Peak from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Orca Peak” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “奧爾卡峰”
  • Dutch: “Orca Peak”
  • German: “Orca Peak”
  • Ladin: “Orca Peak”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Orca Peak”
  • Spanish: “Pico Orca”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hodges Bowl and Bore Valley.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Grytviken Kino and Barracks.

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