Grytviken
Sign in to saveGrytviken ( ) 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. Settlement was re-established on 16 November 1904 by Norwegian Antarctic explorer Carl Anto
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Grytviken is a small settlement on South Georgia in the South Atlantic that was once the island's largest whaling station, strategically located in one of the region's best natural harbors. The site takes its name—meaning "pot bay"—from old English try pots used to render seal oil that were discovered there by a Swedish expedition in 1902.
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- Grytviken
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- Location of Grytviken and King Edward Point
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- British Overseas Territory
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- 2018
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- 3
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- Carl Anton Larsen
- Ernest Shackleton
- Falklands War
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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. Settlement was re-established on 16 November 1904 by Norwegian Antarctic explorer Carl Anton Larsen on the long-used site of former whaling settlements.
Grytviken is built on a substantial area of sheltered, flat land and has a good supply of fresh water. Although it was the largest settlement on South Georgia, the island's administration was based at the nearby British Antarctic Survey research station at King Edward Point. The whaling station closed in December 1966 when dwindling whale stocks made it financially unviable.
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1904 establishments1966 disestablishmentsAntarctic regionFalklands War in South GeorgiaFormer populated placesPopulated places disestablished in 1966Populated places established in 1904Populated places in dependent territories of the United KingdomWhaling stations of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands