Grytviken Cemetery

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Grytviken Cemetery is a small historic burial ground on South Georgia Island best known as the final resting place of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.

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Grytviken Cemetery canonical 1
Grytviken cemetery 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
accessibleBy boat ⓘ
administeredBy Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ⓘ
approximateLatitude -54.28 ⓘ
approximateLongitude -36.50 ⓘ
associatedWith Antarctic exploration history ⓘ
Ernest Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition ⓘ
Grytviken whaling station ⓘ
linked to: Grytviken
burialCountApproximate several dozen graves ⓘ
climate sub-Antarctic maritime climate ⓘ
commemorates Antarctic explorers ⓘ
whaling history of South Georgia ⓘ
continent Antarctica region ⓘ
linked to: Antarctica
coordinateSystem geographic coordinates ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
hasFeature enclosure fence ⓘ
memorial cross for Ernest Shackleton ⓘ
simple wooden and stone grave markers ⓘ
hasLanguageOfSignage English ⓘ
hasNotableBurial Ernest Shackleton ⓘ
Frank Wild ⓘ
sealers ⓘ
whalers ⓘ
hasViewOf King Edward Cove ⓘ
surrounding mountains of South Georgia ⓘ
heritageStatus historic cemetery ⓘ
inception early 20th century ⓘ
knownFor being the final resting place of Sir Ernest Shackleton ⓘ
graves of Antarctic explorers and whalers ⓘ
locatedIn British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ⓘ
Grytviken ⓘ
locatedNear Cumberland East Bay ⓘ
King Edward Cove ⓘ
locatedOn South Georgia Island ⓘ
nearbyFacility Grytviken Museum ⓘ
linked to: Grytviken

former Grytviken whaling station ⓘ
nearbySettlement Grytviken ⓘ
partOf heritage sites of South Georgia ⓘ
region South Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: South Atlantic
touristAttraction true ⓘ
usedFor burial of whalers from Grytviken whaling station ⓘ
visitedBy tourists from Antarctic cruises ⓘ

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Grytviken → hasCemetery → Grytviken Cemetery ⓘ
Cumberland East Bay → hasNearbyCemetery → Grytviken cemetery ⓘ
linked to: Grytviken Cemetery