Spencer Peak

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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Duse and South Georgia Museum.

Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, OGL.
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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include King Edward Point and Grytviken.

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.

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.

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.

Spencer Peak

Latitude
-54.25736° or 54° 15′ 27″ south
Longitude
-36.48426° or 36° 29′ 3″ west
Elevation
444 metres (1,457 feet)
Open location code
39Q5PGV8+37
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9097325226
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
10787776
Wiki­data ID
Q7576152
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Spencer Peak” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “斯彭瑟峰”
  • Dutch: “Spencer Peak”
  • German: “Spencer Peak”
  • Ladin: “Spencer Peak”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Spencer Peak”
  • Spanish: “Pico Spencer”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Thatcher Peninsula and Sealers Cave.

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