Busen Region

The Busen Region is a distinct area of ice-free land midway along the north coast of South Georgia.

The region is bounded on the west by Neumayer and Fortuna glaciers, to the north by Fortuna Bay and Stromness Bay, to the east by Cumberland Bay, to the south by West Bay, and incorporating the Lewin Peninsula. The area includes the former whaling stations of Leith, Stromness and Husvik.

The region is named in association with Busen Point, after the whale catcher SS Bucentaur of the Tönsberg Whaling Company, in which members of the 1928 Discovery Investigations survey party took passage to Husvik.

Location

• Location map: 54°11’6"S, 36°42’36"W

References

• Gazetteer and Map of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Busen Region