The Whaler Petrel (Grytviken, South Georgia)
Falkland Islands /
South Georgia /
Grytviken /
Grytviken, South Georgia
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ship, shipwreck, interesting place
Built in Oslo in 1928 - A steam driven whale catcher of 245 tons and 115 feet in length, she was converted to a sealer in 1957 by removing the open walkway from the bridge and the harpoon gun. One of the whales owned by CAP (Compañía Argentina de Pesca)
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 54°16'55"S 36°30'30"W
- The Harpoon Jetty 0.2 km
- Bayard Shipwreck 17 km
- Ocean Harbour 17 km
- Grass Island 18 km
- The Reservoir and Dam 20 km
- Leith Harbour 20 km
- Shackelton's landing place 53 km
- South Sandwich Deep 679 km
- Deepest Point in Circum-polar Ocean 934 km
- The Hunsdon (Wreck) 15984 km
- Thatcher Peninsula 4.6 km
- Cumberland East Bay 6 km
- Cumberland West Bay 7.7 km
- Jacobsen Bight 28 km
- South Georgia 31 km
- Royal Bay 44 km
- Bay of Isles 59 km
- King Haakon Bay 62 km
- Ice Fjord 82 km
- Fosa Meteor 713 km