Sappho Point
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 15 ′ S , 36 ° 28 ′ W | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Waters | Cumberland Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Cumberland East Bay | |
The Sappho Point is a headland on the north coast of South Georgia . It marks the entrance to Cumberland East Bay to the west .
It is believed that the British navigator James Cook was the first to sight this cape in 1775 . It was named after the HMS Sappho , a protected cruiser of the Apollo class that when measuring the Cumberland Bay was used in the 1906th
Web links
- Sappho Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sappho Point on geographic.org (English)