Cape Vahsel
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Cape Vahsel is a headland which marks the south-eastern point of South Georgia.
The point was roughly charted by Captain James Cook in 1775. It was re-charted by the German Antarctic Expedition of 1911-12, and named by them Kap Vahsel after Captain Richard Vahsel, commanding the expedition ship Deutschland.
Location
- Location map: 54°45’39"S, 35°47’34"W
References
- Gazetteer and Map of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Cape Vahsel
