Islands
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands

Wales Head

Wales Head is a headland 2.5 nautical miles east of on the north coast of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951–57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for William Wales, English astronomer sent by the Board of Longitude to make astronomical observations during Cook's second voyage, 1772–75, sailing in the Resolution.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Comer Crag.

Peak
is a crag, 635 metres high, standing 1 nautical mile north of the head of in the western part of South Georgia. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Captain George Comer of , who made his first sealing visit to South Georgia in the topsail schooner Era in 1885.

Wales Head

Latitude
-54.0177° or 54° 1′ 4″ south
Longitude
-37.5805° or 37° 34′ 50″ west
Elevation
283 metres (928 feet)
Open location code
39Q4XCJ9+WR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5426157655
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Wiki­data ID
Q393682
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Satellite Map

Discover Wales Head from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wales Head” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Wales Head”
  • Chinese: “韋爾斯角”
  • German: “Wales Head”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wales Head”
  • Swedish: “Wales Head”

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