Tor Point
Jason Harbour is a bay 1 mile wide, lying west of Allen Bay in the north side of Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia. It was charted and named by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Otto Nordenskiöld.Places of Interest
Highlights include Justa Peak.
Justa Peak
Peak
Justa Peak is a peak, 495 metres high, lying southwest of Busen Point on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1929 British Admiralty chart. Justa Peak is situated 3½ km north of Tor Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grytviken.
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.
Tor Point
- Type: Locality
- Category: point
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.19948° or 54° 11′ 58″ southLongitude
-36.55816° or 36° 33′ 29″ westOpen location code
39Q5RC2R+6POpenStreetMap ID
node 9097325413OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
10787845Wikidata ID
Q393589
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Tor Point” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “托爾角”
- German: “Tor Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tor Point”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Parsens Peak and Foster Peak.
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