Wilson Harbour

Wilson Harbour is a bay 1.5 miles wide and 3 miles long, between and along the south coast of South Georgia. This coast was roughly charted by a Russian expedition under Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen in 1819.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Anvil Stacks and Samuel Islands.

Locality
The are two conspicuous sea stacks which lie close south of the entrance to , off the south coast and near the west end of South Georgia. is situated 6 km south of Wilson Harbour.

Locality
The are a group of small islands and rocks lying close to the south coast of South Georgia, 1.6 km west-southwest of and 3.2 km east-southeast of . is situated 9 km southeast of Wilson Harbour.

Wilson Harbour

Latitude
-54.11944° or 54° 7′ 10″ south
Longitude
-37.68917° or 37° 41′ 21″ west
Open location code
39Q4V8J6+68
Geo­Names ID
3426229
Wiki­data ID
Q8023077
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wilson Harbour” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Wilson Harbour
  • Chinese: 威爾森港
  • German: Wilson Harbor
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Wilson Harbour
  • Spanish: Bahia Wilson
  • Spanish: Bahía Wilson
  • Swedish: Wilson Harbour

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