Grytviken
Grytviken ( GRIT-vee-kən) was the largest whaling station on South Georgia, part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic The settlement, which is located at the head of King Edward Cove within the larger Cumberland East Bay, was considered the best harbour on South Georgia Island It was founded on November 16, 1904, by Carl Anton Larsen of Sandefjord, Norway
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