Pot Bay

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Pot Bay is the English translation of the Norwegian name "Grytviken," a historic whaling station settlement on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia.

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Pot Bay canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf harbour ⓘ
historic whaling station ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse heritage conservation site ⓘ
museum site ⓘ
tourist destination for Antarctic cruises ⓘ
etymology English translation of the Norwegian name "Grytviken" meaning "Pot Bay" ⓘ
foundedAsWhalingStation 1904 ⓘ
foundedBy Carl Anton Larsen ⓘ
Compañía Argentina de Pesca ⓘ
governedBy Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ⓘ
hasClimate subpolar oceanic climate ⓘ
hasConservationStatus site with controlled access and environmental protections ⓘ
hasGraveOf Ernest Shackleton ⓘ
Frank Wild ⓘ
hasMuseum South Georgia Museum ⓘ
hasOriginalName Grytviken ⓘ
hasRemnant derelict storage tanks ⓘ
old workers' accommodation buildings ⓘ
rusting whaling equipment ⓘ
hasStructure Norwegian Lutheran church ⓘ
linked to: Norwegian Synod

abandoned whaling factory ⓘ
cemetery ⓘ
locatedIn South Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: South Atlantic

South Georgia ⓘ
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ⓘ
sub-Antarctic region ⓘ
namedAfter try-pots used by Norwegian sealers and whalers ⓘ
nameLanguage English ⓘ
nearbyFeature Cumberland Bay East ⓘ
linked to: Cumberland Bay

King Edward Cove ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first landfalls for Shackleton after the Endurance expedition ⓘ
role in early 20th-century Antarctic exploration ⓘ
originalNameLanguage Norwegian ⓘ
partOf British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ⓘ
usedFor administrative centre of South Georgia ⓘ
industrial whaling ⓘ
scientific research support ⓘ
sealing ⓘ
whalingOperationsCeased 1960s ⓘ

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Grytviken → nameMeaning → Pot Bay ⓘ