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: Wofratz, Public domain.- 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
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include South Georgia Museum and Orca Peak.
South Georgia Museum
Museum
Photo: Wofratz, Public domain.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.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grytviken and King Edward Point.
Grytviken
King Edward Point
Village
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-54.27982° or 54° 16′ 47″ south
Longitude
-36.51047° or 36° 30′ 38″ west
Inception
1913
Wheelchair access
no
Open location code
39Q5PFCQ+3R
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap feature
building=church
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheran
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Swedish—“Norwegian Anglican Church” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Grytvikenin kirkko”
- 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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