ISLAXD OF SOUTH GEORGIA. 



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that the positions indicated in the map are not even now 

 absolutely correct, those in the neighbourhood of Royal 

 Bay excepted. 



South Georgia, as is shown on the map, is a long 

 island, extending on the whole from west north-west to 

 east south-east. The uniform direction is not altered by 

 the few islets off the coast, so that both the eastern and 

 westernmost promontories are found on them. In the 

 west this occurs on Willis Island, situated, according to 

 Bellingshausen, in latitude 54° 4' S. and longitude 38° 

 22' W., and in the east on Cooper Island in longitude 

 36° 34' W., according to Cook. The most northern 





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point is Cape North, in latitude 53° 57' S., near the 

 western extremity, the most southern South Cape, in 

 ilatitude 54° 57' S., near the eastern extremity. The 

 greatest extent of the island may be taken to be 105 

 to no miles, the average breadth fifteen miles, the 

 greatest breadth twenty-five miles or more. In many- 

 parts, however, the breadth is very considerably less, 

 for bays of fjord-like character make deep indentations 

 on both coasts, more especially in the west where, 

 according to Weddell, two bays approach from opposite 

 sides to within five furlongs of each other. As these 



