Husvik Harbor
| Husvik Harbor | ||
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 Stromness Bay with (from left to right) Husvik, Stromness and Leith Harbor |
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| Waters | Stromness Bay | |
| Land mass | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 10 ′ 50 ″ S , 36 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Islands | Bar Rocks , Brain Island , Seagull Rock | |
| Tributaries | Huselva | |
The Husvik Harbor (also Husvik Harbor ) is the southernmost of three side bays at the head of Stromness Bay on the north coast of South Georgia .
The name has been known since at least 1912 and probably goes back to Norwegian whalers who built the Husvik whaling station at the head of this bay.
Web links
- Husvik Harbor in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Husvik Harbor on geographic.org (English)