Thatcher Peninsula
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.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include South Georgia Museum and Mount Hodges.
South Georgia Museum
Museum
Photo: Wofratz, Public domain.
The South Georgia Museum is situated in Grytviken, near the administrative centre of the UK overseas territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Mount Hodges
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.
Norwegian Anglican Church
Church
Photo: nomis-simon, CC BY 2.0.
The Norwegian Anglican Church, sometimes known as the Whalers Church, and as the Norwegian Lutheran Church, and casually as the Grytviken Church, is a church in Grytviken, South Georgia, built in 1913.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grytviken and King Edward Point.
Grytviken
Photo: Jens Bludau, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grytviken is a former whaling station on South Georgia Island. 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.
King Edward Point
Village
Photo: Liam Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grytviken is a former whaling station on South Georgia Island. 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.
Discovery Point
Locality
Moraine Fjord is an inlet 3.5 nautical miles long with a reef extending across its entrance, forming the west head of Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia.
Thatcher Peninsula
- Type: Peninsula
- Description: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-54.26488° or 54° 15′ 54″ southLongitude
-36.51206° or 36° 30′ 43″ westElevation
262 metres (860 feet)Open location code
39Q5PFPQ+25OpenStreetMap ID
node 10155888870OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peninsula
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Thatcher Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “戴卓爾半島”
- Chinese: “撒切尔半岛”
- Chinese: “撒切爾半島”
- Chinese: “柴契爾半島”
- French: “péninsule de Thatcher”
- French: “Péninsule de Thatcher”
- German: “Thatcher Peninsula”
- German: “Thatcher-Halbinsel”
- Hakka Chinese: “Sat chhiet ngì pan tó”
- Italian: “penisola di Thatcher”
- Italian: “Penisola di Thatcher”
- Japanese: “サッチャー半島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Thatcher Peninsula”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thatcher Peninsula”
- Norwegian: “Thatcher Peninsula”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Geþacasteort”
- Spanish: “Peninsula Thatcher”
- Spanish: “Península Thatcher”
- Yue Chinese: “戴卓爾半島”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Thatcher Peninsula and Lewis Pass.
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