Husvik

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. Husvik initially began as a floating, offshore factory site in 1907. In 1910, a land station was constructed and remained operational until 1930; business resumed again between 1945 and 1960. Husvik Harbour was also the site of the third introduction of reindeer to South Georgia in 1925. thumb|Stromness Bay with (left to right) [[Leith Harbour, Stromness and Husvik (NASA imagery). ]] thumb|Husvik is on Stromn

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Instance of: whaling station
Country: United Kingdom
Located in: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Body of water: Stromness Bay
Image: Husvik - South Georgia.jpg

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located in/on physical feature: South Georgia

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Husvik es una antigua estación ballenera abandonada, que se encuentra en la costa norte-central de la isla San Pedro. Dicha isla forma parte del archipiélago de las Georgias del Sur, considerado por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) como un territorio en litigio de soberanía entre el Reino Unido —que lo administra como parte de un territorio británico de ultramar— y la República Argentina, que reclama su devolución, y lo incluye en el departamento Islas del Atlántico Sur de la provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur. Fue una de las tres estaciones de la bahía Stromness, las otras dos eran Puerto Leith y Stromness.

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