Grytviken Cemetery

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.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ernest Shackleton’s Grave and South Georgia Museum.

Ernest Shackleton’s Grave

Photo: Wofratz, Public domain.

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 540 metres north of Grytviken Cemetery.

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 3 km southeast of Grytviken Cemetery.

Grytviken Cemetery

Type: Cemetery
Denomination: nondenominational
Category: burial
Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude

-54.28497° or 54° 17′ 6″ south

Longitude

-36.50733° or 36° 30′ 26″ west

Height

1 metre (3.3 feet)

Open location code

39Q5PF8V+23

OpenStreetMap ID

way 69073182

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=nondenominational

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In Other Languages

“Grytviken Cemetery” goes by many names.

Italian: “Cimitero di Grytviken”

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