Grytviken
Grytviken is a capital city in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands with a population of about 2.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsSmall town🏆 #3 most populated in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands🕐 Atlantic/South_Georgia
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.
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About Grytviken
| Country | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
| Continent | Antarctica |
| Explore | 00 |
| Population | 2 |
| Local currency | GBP |
| Coordinates | -54.2811, -36.5092 |
| Time zone | Atlantic/South_Georgia |
🧭 Facts & curiosities
| Settlement type | Small town |
| Population (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) | #3 most populated in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
| Where on Earth | 54°16′52″S · 36°30′33″W |
| Hemisphere | S · W |
| Distance to the equator | 6,043 km |
| Distance to the South Pole | 3,976 km |
| Did you know | More populous than 91% of all places |
| Same latitude as | Christchurch (New Zealand) |
| Antipode (other side of Earth) | 54.28, 143.49 |
✈️ Distance to major cities
| São Paulo | 3,519 km |
| Sydney | 10,185 km |
| New York | 11,151 km |
| Cairo | 11,389 km |
| Paris | 12,031 km |
| London | 12,237 km |