South Georgia Museum
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.Photo: Wofratz, Public domain.
Photo: Liam Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Grytviken, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
- Address: Grytviken, SIQQ 1ZZ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Norwegian Anglican Church and Ernest Shackleton’s Grave.
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. Norwegian Anglican Church is situated 190 metres west of South Georgia Museum.
Ernest Shackleton’s Grave
Photo: Wofratz, Public domain.
Ernest Shackleton’s Grave is situated 550 metres south of South Georgia Museum.
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…
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 South Georgia Museum.
South Georgia Museum
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.28009° or 54° 16′ 48″ southLongitude
-36.50762° or 36° 30′ 27″ westInception
1991Open location code
39Q5PF9R+XXOpenStreetMap ID
way 533046863OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q2060301
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“South Georgia Museum” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Museu de Georgia del Sud”
- Catalan: “Museu de South Georgia”
- Czech: “South Georgia Museum”
- Esperanto: “Muzeo de Sud-Georgio”
- French: “Musée de Géorgie du Sud”
- French: “musée de la Géorgie du Sud”
- French: “Musée de la Géorgie du Sud”
- German: “Südgeorgien-Museum”
- German: “Südgeorgienmuseum”
- Italian: “Museo della Georgia del Sud”
- Japanese: “サウスジョージア博物館”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sør-Georgia museum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “South Georgia Museum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “South Georgia Whaling Museum”
- Norwegian: “Sør-Georgia museum”
- Portuguese: “Museu de Geórgia do Sul”
- Russian: “Музей Южной Георгии”
- Slovenian: “Muzej Južne Georgije”
- Slovenian: “South Georgia Museum”
- Spanish: “Museo de Georgia del Sur”
- Swedish: “Sydgeorgiens museum”
- Ukrainian: “Музей Південної Джорджії”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include South Georgia Post Office and The Carr Maritime Gallery.
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