Cape Wilson

Cape Wilson

Cape Wilson (coord|54|2|S|37|10|W|) is a headland at the east side of the entrance to the Bay of lsles on the north coast of South Georgia. The Bay of Isles was charted in 1912-13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy. The cape was named by Murphy for Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, 1913-21.

The area including the Bay of Isles and Cape Buller, along with Grytviken is one of two ASTIs on the island.


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