King Haakon Bay
| King Haakon Bay King Haakon Sound |
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 King Haakon Bay in December 1996 |
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Land mass | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 10 ′ S , 37 ° 19 ′ W | |
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| width | approx. 4 km | |
| depth | approx. 13 km | |
| Islands | McCarthy Island , Vincent Islands | |
The King Haakon Bay , also known as King Haakon Sound , is a bay in the northwest of the island South Georgia at the south coast. It is about 13 km long and 4 km wide.
Probably around 1912 the bay was named by Norwegian whalers after King Haakon VII of Norway . Nearby is Queen Maud Bay , named after his wife.
The Cave Cove , which forms part of the bay, is best known for being Ernest Shackleton's landfall in May 1916 when he sought help for his stranded crew stuck on Elephant Island . Shackleton and his men also camped at Peggotty Bluff on the bay.
Web links
- King Haakon Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- King Haakon Bay on geographic.org (English)