Tønsberg Point
| Tønsberg Point | ||
.jpg) View over Stromness Harbor with Grass Island (left) and Tønsberg Point at the end of the Pintail Peninsula (right) |
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 10 ′ S , 36 ° 39 ′ W | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Waters | Stromness Harbor | |
| Waters 2 | Husvik Harbor | |
The Tønsberg Point is the eastern foothills of the Pintail Peninsula on the north coast of South Georgia . It protrudes into Stromness Bay and separates Stromness Harbor from Husvik Harbor .
The name of the headland has been known since at least 1912 and is derived from the Norwegian whaling company Tønsberg Hvalfangeri , which operated the whaling station in Husvik Harbor from 1910.
Web links
- Tønsberg Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tønsberg Point on geographic.org (English)