Busen Point
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Busen Point or Busen Peninsula (54°9′S 36°33′W) is a headland forming the southeast side of the entrance to Stromness Bay
Stromness Bay
Stromness Bay is a bay wide, entered between Cape Saunders and Busen Point on the north coast of South Georgia.Stromness Bay, like Leith Harbour takes its name from a location in Scotland, Stromness, on the Orkney Mainland...

, on the north coast of South Georgia. It is between Cumberland West Bay
Cumberland West Bay
Cumberland West Bay is a bay forming the western arm of Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. It is entered southward of Larsen Point, where it is wide, and extends in a southwest direction. This feature was surveyed by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, who named it West Bay. It was remapped...

 and Stromness Bay.

The point was known at a much earlier date, but the name was first used on the charts based upon the 1927–29 survey by Discovery Investigations
Discovery Investigations
The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean. They were funded by the British Colonial Office and organised by the Discovery Committee in London, which was formed in 1918...

 personnel. It was named for the head of Husvik Harbour in Stromness Bay.
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