Fortuna Bay is a bay

Bay

A bay is an area of water mostly surrounded by land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some waves and often reducing winds. Bays also exist as an inlet in a lake or pond. A large bay may be called a gulf, a sea, a sound, or a bight...

 3 miles (4.8 km) long and 1 mile (1.6 km) wide, entered between Cape Best

Cape Best

Cape Best is a cape which marks the west side of the entrance to Fortuna Bay on the north coast of South Georgia. The name dates back to at least 1912 and is well established....

 and Robertson Point

Robertson Point

Robertson Point is a point forming the east side of the entrance to Fortuna Bay on the north coast of South Georgia. Robertson Point is an established name dating back to at least 1920....

 on the north coast of South Georgia. Named after the whaling expedition under C.A. Larsen which participated in establishing the first permanent whaling station at Grytviken

Grytviken

Grytviken is the principal settlement in the British territory of South Georgia in the South Atlantic. It was so named in 1902 by the Swedish surveyor Johan Gunnar Andersson who found old English try pots used to render seal oil at the site. It is the best harbour on the island, consisting of a...

, South Georgia, in 1904-05.

Ocean Harbour

Ocean Harbour

Ocean Harbour is a deeply indented bay on the north coast of South Georgia which is entered west-northwest of Tijuca point. It was an active whaling station between 1909–1920...

22 miles (35 km) to the south east, was formerly known as "New Fortuna Bay".