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Stromness
Visited in December 2024
At a glance
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- —
- Population
- —
- Type
- Settlement in South Georgia
- Coordinates
- 54.09°S, 36.80°W
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Overview
Stromness is an abandoned whaling station on the northern coast of South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic. It was the destination of Sir Ernest Shackleton's rescue journey in 1916. It is the central of three harbours in the west side of Stromness Bay, South Georgia. The name "Fridtjof Nansen" or Nansen appeared for this harbour on some early charts, but since about 1920, the name Stromness has been consistently used.
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