Peruque Point

Fortuna Bay is a bay 3 miles long and 1 mile wide. Its entrance is defined by Cape Best on the west and Robertson Point to the east, near Atherton Peak on the north coast of South Georgia.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Best Peak and Fortuna Peak.

Best Peak

Peak

Best Peak is a peak, 600 metres high, standing southwest of Illusion Point, Fortuna Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart.

Fortuna Peak is a peak, 385 metres high, standing at the east side of Fortuna Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart, and is probably in association with Fortuna Bay. Fortuna Peak is situated 3 km northeast of Peruque Point.

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 8 km southeast of Peruque Point.

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 8 km east of Peruque Point.

Peruque Point

Type: Locality
Category: point
Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude

-54.13709° or 54° 8′ 14″ south

Longitude

-36.81737° or 36° 49′ 3″ west

Open location code

39Q5V57M+53

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9128777024

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

10787683

Wikidata ID

Q377186

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Peruque Point” goes by many names.

Chinese: “佩魯克角”
German: “Peruque Point”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Peruque Point”

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