Provision Store

Provision Store is a building in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Provision Store is situated nearby to the ruins Barracks, as well as near the locality Husvik.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount Barren and Parochlus Lake.

Mount Barren

Peak

Mount Barren is a mountain, 645 metres high, standing west of Husvik Harbour on the north coast of South Georgia. Its name is descriptive, and was probably given by the Discovery Investigations in 1926–30. Mount Barren is situated 3 km west of Provision Store.

Parochlus Lake

Lake

Parochlus Lake is a shallow lake at the head of Karrakatta Valley, to the west-northwest of Husvik Harbor, South Georgia. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1990 after the midge Parochlus steinenii, whose larvae abound near the margins of the lake. Parochlus Lake is situated 2½ km west of Provision Store.

McIlroy Peak

Peak

McIlroy Peak is a peak rising to 745 metres west of Husvik Harbour and 0.8 nautical miles south of Mount Barren, South Georgia. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1990 after Dr. McIlroy Peak is situated 3½ km west of Provision Store.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Husvik and Leith Harbour.

Husvik

Locality

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Husvik is a former whaling station on the north-central coast of South Georgia Island. It was one of three such stations in Stromness Bay, the other two being Stromness and Leith Harbour.

Leith Harbour

Village

Photo: Harley D. Nygren, Public domain.

Leith Harbour, also known as Port Leith, was a whaling station on the northeast coast of South Georgia, established and operated by Christian Salvesen Ltd, Edinburgh. Leith Harbour is situated 4½ km north of Provision Store.

Provision Store

Type: Building
Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude

-54.17973° or 54° 10′ 47″ south

Longitude

-36.71195° or 36° 42′ 43″ west

Open location code

39Q5R7CQ+46

OpenStreetMap ID

way 693854653

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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