Hound Bay
Hound Bay is a bay on the north coast of South Georgia, 2½ miles wide at its mouth and recedes 3 miles. It is entered between Tijuca Point and Cape Vakop.
The names "George Bay" and Hundebugten have appeared on charts for this feature. The South Georgia Survey, 1951–52, reported that this bay was better known to whalers and sealers as "Bikjebugten", by which name it is still known in Norwegan. The word Bikje implies any low dog. The name Hound Bay, proposed by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee is an English form of this name.
On 21 April, 1982, the British Special Boat Service was landed at Hound Bay beach from helicopters based on HMS Endurance, and attempted to cross to the Argentine positions through Sörling Valley, and into Cumberland East Bay, where they were driven back by snow and ice on 22-24 April.[1]
References
- ↑ Bicheno, Hugh (2006) Razor's Edge: The Unofficial History of the Falklands War. London. Weidenfield & Nicholson. ISBN 978-0-7538-2186-2
- Gazetteer and Map of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Hound Bay
Coordinates: 54°22′S 36°13′W / 54.367°S 36.217°W
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