Cooper Bay
| Cooper Bay | ||
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.jpg) Cooper Bay bank |
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| Waters | Cooper Sound | |
| Land mass | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 47 '10 " S , 35 ° 48' 40" W | |
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| Tributaries | Quensel Glacier | |
The Cooper Bay is a bay at the southeast end of South Georgia . It is located 2.1 km southwest of Cape Vahsel and 1.5 km northwest of Cooper Island .
The name of the bay is derived from that of the island of the same name, whose namesake is Robert Palliser Cooper († 1805), a participant in the second South Seas voyage (1772-1775) of the British navigator and explorer James Cook .
Web links
- Cooper Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cooper Bay on geographic.org (English)