Grytviken

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former whaling station harbour settlement

Grytviken is a former whaling station and now-abandoned settlement on the island of South Georgia, notable for its historical role in Antarctic exploration and as the burial place of Ernest Shackleton.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Grytviken whaling station	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former whaling station ⓘ harbour ⓘ settlement ⓘ
cemeteryContainsGraveOf	Ernest Shackleton ⓘ Frank Wild ⓘ
climate	subpolar oceanic climate ⓘ
continent	Antarctica ⓘ surface form: Antarctica region
country	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ⓘ
foundedBy	Carl Anton Larsen ⓘ
foundingDate	1904 ⓘ
governedBy	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ⓘ surface form: Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
hasBuilding	Church of Norway ⓘ surface form: Norwegian Lutheran church South Georgia Museum ⓘ former whaling factory ⓘ
hasCemetery	Grytviken Cemetery ⓘ
hasFunction	heritage site ⓘ research support base ⓘ tourist destination ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature	Cumberland Bay ⓘ King Edward Point ⓘ
hasTouristAttraction	King Edward Point ⓘ surface form: Shackleton’s grave whaling station ruins ⓘ
heritageDesignation	historic whaling station ⓘ
languageUsedHistorically	English ⓘ Norwegian ⓘ
locatedIn	Cumberland East Bay ⓘ South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ⓘ surface form: South Georgia
locatedOn	King Edward Cove ⓘ
namedBy	Carl Anton Larsen ⓘ
nameLanguage	Swedish ⓘ
nameMeaning	Pot Bay ⓘ
notableFor	South Georgia Museum ⓘ burial place of Ernest Shackleton ⓘ role in Antarctic exploration ⓘ
operatedBy	Compañía Argentina de Pesca ⓘ
partOf	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ⓘ surface form: British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
population	no permanent residents ⓘ
primaryIndustry	sealing ⓘ whaling ⓘ
sovereignState	United Kingdom ⓘ
status	abandoned settlement ⓘ
timeZone	South Georgia Time ⓘ
usedBy	British Antarctic Survey ⓘ tourist cruise ships ⓘ
visitedBy	Endurance expedition members ⓘ Ernest Shackleton ⓘ
whalingStationClosed	1964 ⓘ
whalingStationOpened	1904 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands → historicalSite → Grytviken ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grytviken whaling station

Mount Paget → isVisibleFrom → Grytviken ⓘ

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands → largestSettlement → Grytviken ⓘ

King Edward Point → near → Grytviken ⓘ

Allardyce Range → nearestSettlement → Grytviken ⓘ

Mount Paget → nearestSettlement → Grytviken ⓘ