Possession Bay
Possession Bay is a bay 2 miles wide on the north coast of South Georgia, an island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It recedes southwest for 5 miles, and is separated from Cook Bay to the north by Black Head promontory.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Also known as: “Bahía Posesión”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hay Peak and Brutus Island.
Hay Peak
Peak
Hay Peak is a peak rising to 660 metres at the head of Prince Olav Harbour in Cook Bay, South Georgia. It was charted and descriptively named "The Snow Pap" by the Discovery Investigations in 1929, but subsequently deleted. Hay Peak is situated 3 km northwest of Possession Bay.
Brutus Island
Islet
Brutus Island is a small island lying near the center of Prince Olav Harbour on the north coast of South Georgia. The descriptive name Saddle Island was given for this feature, probably by a British expedition under Ernest Shackleton, 1921–22, but the same name is used elsewhere in the Antarctic; to avoid confusion a new name has been approved for this feature. Brutus Island is situated 3½ km north of Possession Bay.
Austin Glacier
Glacier
The Bay of Isles is a bay 9 miles wide and 3 miles deep, lying between Cape Buller and Cape Wilson along the north coast of South Georgia. It was discovered in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook and so named by him because numerous islands lie in the bay. Austin Glacier is situated 3½ km west of Possession Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dinghy Point and Sheep Point.
Dinghy Point
Locality
Prince Olav Harbour is a small harbour in the south west portion of Cook Bay, entered between Point Abrahamsen and Sheep Point, along the north coast of South Georgia. Dinghy Point is situated 3 km north of Possession Bay.
Sheep Point
Locality
Prince Olav Harbour is a small harbour in the south west portion of Cook Bay, entered between Point Abrahamsen and Sheep Point, along the north coast of South Georgia. Sheep Point is situated 3 km north of Possession Bay.
Prince Olav Harbour
Locality
Prince Olav Harbour is a small harbour in the south west portion of Cook Bay, entered between Point Abrahamsen and Sheep Point, along the north coast of South Georgia. Prince Olav Harbour is situated 4 km northwest of Possession Bay.
Possession Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Possession Bay” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “خليج بوسيشن”
- Cebuano: “Possession Bay (luuk sa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)”
- Cebuano: “Possession Bay”
- Chinese: “波塞申灣”
- French: “baie de la Possession”
- French: “Baie de la Possession”
- German: “Possession Bay”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Possession Bay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Possession Bay”
- Norwegian: “Possession Bay”
- Portuguese: “Baía Possessão”
- Spanish: “Bahia de la Posesion”
- Spanish: “Bahía de la Posesión”
- Swedish: “Possession Bay (vik i Sydgeorgien och Sydsandwichöarna)”
- Swedish: “Possession Bay”
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