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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.

Geplaatst* door A. F.
Meest recente update 18 december 2023

Beschrijving

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.

Details

Toegang

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.

Terrein en leefgebied

Grasland/weide , Berg , Strand , Toendra

Omstandigheden

Nat , Zanderig , Droog , Vlak , Bergachtig

Rondlopende wandeling mogelijk?

Ja

Telescoop meenemen?

Kan handig zijn

Wanneer hier vogels kijken?

Lente

Toptijd voor dit gebied

Zomer , Lente

Route

Verharde weg

Zwaarte wandeling

Gemakkelijk

Toegankelijk via

Te voet , Fiets , Boot

Vogelkijkhut aanwezig?

Nee

Extra info

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

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