Possession Bay

The Possession Bay ( "Possession Bay ") is a 3.2 km wide bay, which extends 8 km far inland South Georgia. Your input is located southeast of Black Head on the north coast of the island.

History

The bay was discovered and named in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook. Here Cook landed for the first time on South Georgia, the result is the name.

The great navigator Cook took first landings, investigations and cartographies in South Georgia. As instructed by the Admiralty, he participated in the January 17, 1775 in the United Kingdom owned by the island and named it in honor of King George III. " Isle of Georgia ". The German naturalist Georg Forster, who accompanied Cook on that day during his three landings at various places, wrote:

Cook himself wrote in his log:

- 54.1 - 37.116666666667Koordinaten: 54 ° 6 ' 0 " S, 37 ° 7' 0 " W

  • Geography (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)
  • Bay (Atlantic Ocean )
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