Welcome Islands
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The Welcome Islands are a small rocky archipelago to the north of the island of South Georgia, within the territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
The islands are to the east of Bird Island and west of the Bay of Isles, 4 miles west-northwest of Cape Buller. The Welcome Islands were discovered and charted by Captain James Cook in January 1775.[1]
The name dates back to at least 1912 and is now well established. It may refer to a feature of the largest of the islands, which has a natural arch some 295 feet high; the highestpoint of the islands.
Outside links
Gazetteer and Map of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Welcome Islands
Maps
References
- ↑ Journal of Captain James Cook's, 1775, ed. Beaglehole, 1961, p. 621
