Grytviken

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.
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  • Village with 20 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 4 metres (13 feet)
  • …is also known as “Grytviken whaling station”
  • Description: abandoned whaling station; settlement on the island of South Georgia–South Sandwich Islands

Places of Interest

Highlights include South Georgia Museum and Norwegian Anglican Church.
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The is situated in Grytviken…
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The , sometimes known as the…
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Thatcher Peninsula is a mountainous peninsula in north-central South Georgia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include King Edward Point and Discovery Point.
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Grytviken is a former whaling station on .
Moraine Fjord is an inlet 3.5 nautical miles long with… is situated 3½ km southeast of Grytviken.

Grytviken

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Latitude
-54.2806° or 54° 16′ 50″ south
Longitude
-36.5098° or 36° 30′ 35″ west
UN/LOCODE
GS GRV
Open location code
39Q5PF9R+P3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5722989121
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3426466
Wiki­data ID
Q185672

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yoruba—“Grytviken” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Grytviken”
  • Albanian: “Grytviken”
  • Arabic: “غريتفيكن”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qryotviken”
  • Basque: “Grytviken”
  • Bavarian: “Grytviken”
  • Belarusian: “Грутвікен”
  • Bengali: “গ্রিটভিকেন”
  • Bosnian: “Grytviken”
  • Bulgarian: “Грютвикен”
  • Catalan: “Grytviken”
  • Chinese: “利德維肯”
  • Chinese: “古利德維肯”
  • Chinese: “古利德维肯”
  • Chinese: “吉列維根”
  • Croatian: “Grytviken”
  • Czech: “Grytviken”
  • Danish: “Grytviken”
  • Dutch: “Grytviken”
  • Esperanto: “Grytviken”
  • Estonian: “Grytviken”
  • Finnish: “Grytviken”
  • French: “Grytviken”
  • French: “Tim et Pauline Carr”
  • Georgian: “გრიტვიკენი”
  • German: “Grytviken”
  • Greek: “Γκρυτβίκεν”
  • Greek: “Οικισμός Γκρυτβίκεν”
  • Greek: “Φαλαινοθηρικός σταθμός Γκρυτβίκεν”
  • Gujarati: “ગ્રીટવિકન”
  • Hausa: “Grytviken”
  • Hebrew: “גריטוויקן”
  • Hindi: “ग्रित्विकेन”
  • Hungarian: “Grytviken”
  • Icelandic: “Grytviken”
  • Indonesian: “Grytviken”
  • Inupiaq: “Utkusivik”
  • Irish: “Grytviken”
  • Italian: “Grytviken”
  • Japanese: “グリトビケン”
  • Kabardian: “Грютвикен”
  • Kannada: “ಗ್ರಿಟ್ವಿಕೆನ್”
  • Kazakh: “Грютвикен”
  • Korean: “그리트비켄”
  • Latvian: “Grītvīkena”
  • Lithuanian: “Griutvikenas”
  • Lithuanian: “Grytvikenas”
  • Macedonian: “Гритвикен”
  • Malay: “Grytviken”
  • Manx: “Grytviken”
  • Marathi: “ग्रिटविकेन”
  • Mongolian: “Гритвикен”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grytvika”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grytviken”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grytviken”
  • Norwegian: “Grytviken”
  • Novial: “Gritviken”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Grytviken”
  • Ossetian: “Грютвикен”
  • Persian: “گریت ویکن”
  • Persian: “گریت‌ویکن”
  • Polish: “Grytviken”
  • Portuguese: “estação baleeira de Grytviken”
  • Portuguese: “Grytviken”
  • Romanian: “Grytviken”
  • Russian: “Грютвикен”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Grytviken”
  • Serbian: “Grutviken”
  • Serbian: “Grytviken”
  • Serbian: “Гритвикен”
  • Serbian: “Грјутвикен”
  • Serbian: “Грутвикен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Grytviken”
  • Sinhala: “ග්‍රිට්විකන්”
  • Slovak: “Grytviken”
  • Slovenian: “Grytviken”
  • Slovenian: “kitolovna postaja Grytviken”
  • Spanish: “Grytviken”
  • Spanish: “Puerto Grytvyken”
  • Swedish: “Grytviken”
  • Tagalog: “Grytviken”
  • Tajik: “Грутвикен”
  • Tamil: “க்ரிட்விகென்”
  • Telugu: “గ్రిట్వికెన్”
  • Thai: “กริตวีเคน”
  • Turkmen: “Grýutwiken”
  • Ukrainian: “Грютвікен”
  • Urdu: “گریتویکین”
  • Uzbek: “Gryutviken”
  • Vietnamese: “Grytviken”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Grytviken”
  • Western Frisian: “Grytviken”
  • Yoruba: “Grytviken”

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