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35 relations: Admiralty (United Kingdom), Barque, Bay, British Antarctic Survey, Carl Anton Larsen, Cove, Cumberland East Bay, Discovery Investigations, Fireman (steam engine), George III, Godthul, Grytviken, Hound Bay, Island, James Cook, Mills Peak (South Georgia), Nantes, O'Connor Peak, Ocean Harbour, Penguin, Peninsula, Reindeer, Royal Navy, Sörling Valley, Second voyage of James Cook, Shoemaking, Signy Island, Skrap Skerries, South Georgia, South Georgia Survey, Szielasko Ice Cap, The Cut (South Georgia), Three Lakes Valley (South Orkney Islands), UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long.
- Subantarctic peninsulas
Admiralty (United Kingdom)
The Admiralty was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy until 1964, historically under its titular head, the Lord High Admiral – one of the Great Officers of State.
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Barque
A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing vessel with three or more masts consisting of a fore mast, mainmast and additional masts rigged square and only the aftmost mast (mizzen in three-masted barques) rigged fore and aft.
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Bay
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay.
British Antarctic Survey
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute.
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Carl Anton Larsen
Carl Anton Larsen (7 August 1860 – 8 December 1924) was a Norwegian-born whaler and Antarctic explorer who made important contributions to the exploration of Antarctica, the most significant being the first discovery of fossils for which he received the Back Grant from the Royal Geographical Society.
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Cove
A cove is a small bay or coastal inlet.
Cumberland East Bay
Cumberland East Bay is a bay forming the eastern arm of Cumberland Bay, South Georgia.
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Discovery Investigations
The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean.
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Fireman (steam engine)
A fireman, stoker or boilerman, is a person whose occupation it is to tend the fire for the running of a boiler, heating a building, or powering a steam engine.
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George III
George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820.
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Godthul
Godthul (Buen Arroyo) is a bay long entered between Cape George and Long Point, on the east side of Barff Peninsula on the north coast of South Georgia Island.
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Grytviken
Grytviken is a hamlet on South Georgia in the South Atlantic and formerly a whaling station and the largest settlement on the island.
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Hound Bay
Hound Bay (Bikjebugten) is a bay at the base of Barff Peninsula.
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Island
An island or isle is a piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by water.
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James Cook
Captain James Cook (– 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular.
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Mills Peak (South Georgia)
Mills Peak is a peak southwest of Cape Douglas, rising to in the northern portion of Barff Peninsula, South Georgia.
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Nantes
Nantes (Gallo: Naunnt or Nantt) is a city in Loire-Atlantique of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast.
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O'Connor Peak
O'Connor Peak is a mountain peak, 675 m, standing west of Long Point on Barff Peninsula, South Georgia.
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Ocean Harbour
Ocean Harbour (Puerto Nueva Fortuna) is a deeply indented bay on Barff Peninsula on the north coast of South Georgia which is entered west-northwest of Tijuca point.
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Penguin
Penguins are a group of aquatic flightless birds from the family Spheniscidae of the order Sphenisciformes.
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Peninsula
A peninsula is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most sides.
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Reindeer
The reindeer or caribou (Rangifer tarandus) is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of Northern Europe, Siberia, and North America.
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Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.
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Sörling Valley
Sörling Valley is an ice-free valley between Cumberland East Bay and Hound Bay on the north side of South Georgia.
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Second voyage of James Cook
The second voyage of James Cook, from 1772 to 1775, commissioned by the British government with advice from the Royal Society, was designed to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible to finally determine whether there was any great southern landmass, or Terra Australis.
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Shoemaking
Shoemaking is the process of making footwear.
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Signy Island
Signy Island is a small subantarctic island in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica.
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Skrap Skerries
The Skrap Skerries are two small groups of islands and rocks (skerries) lying midway between Cape George and Barff Point, close off the northern coast of the Barff Peninsula of South Georgia Island in Antarctica.
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South Georgia
South Georgia is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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South Georgia Survey
The South Georgia Survey was a series of expeditions to survey and map the island of South Georgia, led by Duncan Carse between 1951 and 1957.
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Szielasko Ice Cap
Szielasko Ice Cap is an ice cap 2 miles (3.2 km) long, occupying the highland close south of Godthul Bay on the north side of South Georgia.
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The Cut (South Georgia)
The Cut is a shallow, rock-strewn channel between Babe Island and the west side of the entrance to Cobblers Cove, along the north coast of South Georgia.
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Three Lakes Valley (South Orkney Islands)
Three Lakes Valley is a low valley containing three freshwater lakes, extending from the vicinity of Elephant Flats northward to Stygian Cove on Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands.
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UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI).
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Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long
Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long, (13 July 1854 – 26 September 1924), was a British Unionist politician.
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See also
Subantarctic peninsulas
- Barff Peninsula
- Busen Point
- Cape Circoncision
- Courbet Peninsula
- Laurens Peninsula
- Loranchet Peninsula
- Péninsule Jeanne d'Arc
- Presqu'île Ronarc'h
- Rallier du Baty Peninsula
- Thatcher Peninsula
References
Also known as Alert Rock, Alsford Bay, Babe Island, Barff Point, Briggs Point, Cape Douglas (South Georgia), Cape George (Antarctica), Cape George (South Georgia), Cave Point, Cobblers Cove, Horseshoe Bay (South Georgia), Johannsen Loch, Long Point (South Georgia), Lucas Point, Martin Valley, Merton Passage, Nansen Reef, Penguin Bay, Reindeer Valley, Right Whale Rocks, Rookery Point, Skua Point, Tijuca Point.