Port of Grytviken
Grytviken is a coastal harbor in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, registered under the UN/LOCODE code GSGRV.
This is a directory stub generated from the UN/LOCODE registry; a fuller write-up has not yet been added.
This record’s port function has not been confirmed by South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands’s national authority — UN/LOCODE lists it as a “recognised location” (status RL), not an approved one. It may represent a distinct small port, a berth, terminal, or anchorage within a larger port, or a place with no distinct port facility.
Port characteristics
- Size / type
- Very small, Coastal, natural
- Shelter
- Fair
- Entrance restrictions
- Affected by other factors
- Charted depths
- Cargo pier6.4–7.6 m (21–25 ft)
- Oil/LNG terminal11.0–12.2 m (36–40 ft)
- Terminal infrastructure
- Cargo handlingCargo pier charted (6.4–7.6 m (21–25 ft))
- Oil / LNG handlingOil/LNG terminal charted (11.0–12.2 m (36–40 ft))
Container-terminal handling is not classified by the WPI dataset, so this entry does not infer it.
- Mean tidal range
- 0 m
Facilities and services
The port is a first port of entry. Communications include radiotelephone. Cargo can be worked at wharves.
The port offers medical facilities.
Notes and references
- NGA Pub. 150, World Port Index, 27th ed. (2019), index no. 14060, Pub. 124, chart 29040. Port characteristics are historical reference data; verify current depths, restrictions, facilities, and services with official notices.
- NGA World Port Index database (WPI.mdb), 2019. Facilities and services data.
- Record status: WPI-classified port.