Nelson Channel
The Nelson Channel lies between Candlemas Island and Vindication Island in the South Sandwich Islands.
The channel was probably first sighted by Cook in 1775. It was charted by Discovery Investigations in 1930 and named 'Nelson Strait', not after the Hero of Trafalgar, but after Lieutenant Andrew Laidlaw Nelson of the Royal Naval Reserve (1904-58), who served successively as navigator, Chief Officer and Captain of Discovery II' between 1929 and 1935.
Location
- Location map: 57°5’59"S, 26°46’4"W
References
- Gazetteer and Map of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Nelson Channel
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | |
|---|---|
| South Georgia: | Annenkov Island • Bird Island • Clerke Rocks • Cooper Island • Grass Island • Kupriyanov Islands • Pickersgill Islands • Saddle Island • Shag Rocks • South Georgia • Welcome Islands • Willis Islands • Trinity Island • Grassholm • Black Rocks • Black Rock |
| South Sandwich Islands: |
Bellingshausen • Bristol • Candlemas • Cook • Leskov • Montagu • Saunders • Thule • Vindication • Visokoi • Zavodovski |