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Grytviken

South Georgia  >  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Grytviken is infamous and famous for it's history as a whaling station and the grave of Shackleton. One can also appreciate the local fauna and birds like King Penguin.

Ajouté* par A. F.
Dernière actualisation 18 décembre 2023

Description

Grytviken still has many remnants of the whaling station, as well as a post office, a museum and a church. Grytviken is also notable for it's graveyard, which includes the graves of the polar explorers Sir Ernest Shackleton and Frank Wild. The museum has a number of displays of the local fauna and one can observe the true scale of the Wandering Albatross as one walks in. One can also observe the local fauna here including many Antarctic Fur Seals, molting King Penguin and Antarctic Tern.

Détails

Accès

Grytviken is located on the north coast of the island of South Georgia, in the middle of the island. The site is accessed by boats, either a research vessel or a cruise boat.

Terrain et Habitat

Prairie , Montagnes , Plage , Toundra

Conditions

Marécageux , Sablonneux , Sec , Plat , Montagneux

Boucle

Oui

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Peut être utile

Saison idéale pour observer

Printemps

Meilleure période pour une visite

Eté , Printemps

Itinéraire

Route pavée

Niveau de difficulté de l'itinéraire

Facile

Accessible via

A pied , Vélo , Bateau

Observatoire/hutte d'observation

Non

Informations supplémentaires

Photo King Penguin by kuhnmi, CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0.

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