South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

King Edward Point is a promontory and settlement with port facilities on the northeastern coast of the island of South Georgia. It is located at 54°17′S 36°30′W / 54.283°S 36.5°W / -54.283; -36.5 in Cumberland East Bay. It is sometimes confusedly referred to as Grytviken, which is the site of the disused whaling station, nearby at the head of King Edward Cove. The area was explored by the... Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1901-04 under Otto Nordenskiöld. It was named around 1906 after King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. Since 1909 King Edward Point has been the residence of a British Magistrate administering the island. In 1925, the government of the United Kingdom established a marine laboratory there as part of the Discovery Investigations. On 1 January 1950 the station ownership was assumed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey. The station was manned from 1 January 1952 to 13 November 1969. The British Antarctic Survey provided the British presence at the station until 1982. At the beginning of the Falklands War on 3 April 1982, Argentine forces occupied South Georgia and closed the station.
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