Cape Wilson (South Georgia)
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Coordinates | 54 ° 3 ′ S , 37 ° 10 ′ W | |
location | South Georgia | |
Waters | South Atlantic | |
Waters 2 | Bay of Isles |
Cape Wilson is a cape on the east side of the entrance to the Bay of Isles on the north coast of South Georgia .
The American ornithologist Robert Cushman Murphy mapped the Bay of Isles on his voyage with the brig Daisy (1912-1913) and named the cape after Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921.
Web links
- Cape Wilson in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Wilson on geographic.org (English)