Cooper Sound

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Cooper Sound
Connects waters South Atlantic
with water South Atlantic
Separates land mass South Georgia
of land mass Cooper Island
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Geographical location 54 ° 48 '1 "  S , 35 ° 48' 47"  W Coordinates: 54 ° 48 '1 "  S , 35 ° 48' 47"  W.
Cooper Sound (South Georgia)
Cooper Sound
Smallest width 1.5 km
Location of Cooper Island (right) off the southeast coast of South Georgia. The Cooper Sound runs between the two islands.
Location of Cooper Island (right) off the southeast coast of South Georgia. The Cooper Sound runs between the two islands.

The Cooper Sound is 1.5 km wide and navigable strait which separates Cooper Island from the southeastern tip of South Georgia in the South Atlantic .

It was discovered in 1775 by the British navigator James Cook . The name of this sea route is derived from that of the neighboring island. Its namesake is Robert Palliser Cooper (≈1743–1805), who was a member of the officers' staff on the HMS Resolution during Cook's second voyage to the South Seas (1772–1775).

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