Shag Point (South Georgia)

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Shag Point
Geographical location
Shag Point (South Georgia)
Shag Point
Coordinates 54 ° 2 ′  S , 37 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 54 ° 2 ′  S , 37 ° 26 ′  W
location South Georgia
Waters Camp Bay
Waters 2 Sunset fjord

The Shag Point is a headland on the north coast of South Georgia . In the Bay of Isles , it lies between Camp Bay and Sunset Fjord .

British Discovery Investigations scientists mapped and named it in 1929. It is named after the resident blue - eyed shag ( Phalacrocorax atriceps , English imperial shag ). It was first recorded under this name on a 1931 nautical chart of the British Admiralty .

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