Cape Saunders
| Cape Saunders | ||
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 8 ′ S , 36 ° 38 ′ W | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Waters 2 | Stromness Bay | |
Cape Saunders is a cape on the north coast of South Georgia . It marks the entrance to Stromness Bay to the west .
The British navigator and explorer James Cook discovered the Cape in 1775 on his second voyage to the South Seas (1772–1775). He named it after his friend Charles Saunders (1715-1775), then First Lord of the Admiralty .
Web links
- Cape Saunders in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Saunders on geographic.org (English)