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Grytviken
Visited in December 2024
At a glance
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- —
- Population
- —
- Type
- Abandoned whaling station; settlement on the island of South Georgia–S
- Coordinates
- 54.28°S, 36.51°W
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Overview
Grytviken is a hamlet on South Georgia in the South Atlantic. Formerly a whaling station, it was the largest settlement on the island. Grytviken is located at the head of King Edward Cove within the larger Cumberland East Bay, considered the best harbour on the island. The location's name, meaning "pot bay", was coined in 1902 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition and documented by the surveyor Johan Gunnar Andersson, after the expedition found old English try pots used to render seal oil at the site.
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