Norwegian Anglican Church
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.Photo: nomis-simon, CC BY 2.0.
Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: The Whalers‘ Church in Grytviken, South Georgia
- Also known as: “Norwegian Anglican Church, Grytviken”, “Norwegian Lutheran Church”, “Whalers Church”, and “Whalers‘ Church”
- Address: Grytviken, SIQQ 1ZZ
- Wheelchair access: no
Photo: Wofratz, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include South Georgia Museum and Orca Peak.
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. South Georgia Museum is situated 190 metres east of Norwegian Anglican Church.
Orca Peak
Peak
Orca Peak is a peak, 395 m, standing west of Grytviken on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1930 British Admiralty chart. This article incorporates public domain material from…
Ernest Shackleton’s Grave
Photo: Wofratz, Public domain.
Ernest Shackleton’s Grave is situated 620 metres south of Norwegian Anglican Church.
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. Discovery Point is situated 3½ km southeast of Norwegian Anglican Church.
Norwegian Anglican Church
- Categories: Anglican church building, Lutheran church, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.27982° or 54° 16′ 47″ southLongitude
-36.51047° or 36° 30′ 38″ westInception
1913Open location code
39Q5PFCQ+3ROpenStreetMap ID
way 533041734OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheranOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q3281864
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In Other Languages
From French to Swedish—“Norwegian Anglican Church” goes by many names.
- French: “église anglicane norvégienne de Grytviken”
- French: “église de Grytviken”
- French: “Église des Baleiniers de Grytviken”
- French: “église luthérienne norvégienne de Grytviken”
- French: “Église luthérienne norvégienne de Grytviken”
- German: “Kirche Grytviken”
- German: “Norwegisch-lutheranische Kirche”
- Greek: “Νορβηγική Αγγλικανική Εκκλησία του Γκριντβίκεν”
- Greek: “Νορβηγική Λουθηρανική Εκκλησία του Γκριντβίκεν”
- Italian: “chiesa anglicana norvegese di Grytviken”
- Italian: “Chiesa anglicana norvegese di Grytviken”
- Italian: “chiesa luterana norvegese di Grytviken”
- Italian: “Chiesa luterana norvegese di Grytviken”
- Japanese: “グリトビケン教会”
- Japanese: “ノルウェー・ルター派教会”
- Japanese: “ノルウェジアン・ルーテル教会”
- Japanese: “ノルウェジアン・ルター教会 (サウスジョージア島グリトビケン)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grytviken kirke”
- Norwegian: “Grytviken kirke”
- Portuguese: “Igreja Anglicana Norueguesa de Grytviken”
- Portuguese: “Igreja dos Baleeiros de Grytviken”
- Portuguese: “Igreja Luterana Norueguesa de Grytviken”
- Spanish: “iglesia anglicana noruega de Grytviken”
- Spanish: “Iglesia anglicana noruega de Grytviken”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de Grytviken”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de los balleneros”
- Spanish: “iglesia luterana noruega de Grytviken”
- Spanish: “Iglesia luterana noruega”
- Swedish: “Whalers Church”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Grytviken Kino and Riverside Barracks.
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