Cape George
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 17 ′ S , 36 ° 15 ′ W | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Waters | Godthul and Alsford Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Horseshoe Bay | |
Cape George is a cape on the north coast of South Georgia . It is 9 km east-southeast of Barff Point and marks both the western limit of the entrance to Godthul Bay and Alsford Bay and the northern limit of Horseshoe Bay .
Participants of the Second South Sea Voyage (1772–1775) of the British navigator James Cook discovered the Cape. Cook named it after the British monarch George III.
Web links
- Cape George in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape George on geographic.org (English)