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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  Nomenclature 
  according 
  to 
  R. 
  C. 
  Murphy 
  

  

  THE 
  ISLAND 
  OP 
  SOUTH 
  GEORGIA, 
  OUTPOST 
  OF 
  THE) 
  ANTARCTIC 
  

  

  It 
  lies 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  Atlantic, 
  more 
  than 
  1,000 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Cape 
  Horn 
  and 
  2,500 
  miles 
  south- 
  

   west 
  of 
  the 
  Cape 
  of 
  Good 
  Hope. 
  

  

  

  37°30' 
  

  

  37°I0' 
  

  

  High 
  ground 
  

   (Snow-covered) 
  

  

  Cape 
  Buller 
  

  

  BAY 
  OF 
  ISLES 
  

  

  SOUTH 
  GEORGIA 
  

  

  A? 
  

  

  J' 
  

  

  ^rdyceNarbor 
  / 
  ^ 
  haiross] 
  ^ 
  d 
  j 
  

  

  Prion 
  Island 
  

  

  

  Cape 
  Woodrow 
  Wilson 
  

  

  Sunset 
  Fjord 
  

   Brunonia 
  Glacier 
  

  

  40* 
  

  

  Snow 
  covered 
  

  

  High 
  l,md 
  (about 
  4000 
  it) 
  

   Perpetually 
  snow 
  covered 
  

  

  STATUTE 
  MILES 
  

  

  Soundings 
  in 
  iathoms 
  

  

  Rise 
  and 
  fall 
  of 
  tide 
  <? 
  feel 
  in 
  Boat 
  Landing 
  Cove 
  

  

  37°30' 
  

  

  25' 
  

  

  15' 
  

  

  TUK 
  AUTHORS 
  SKETCH 
  MAP 
  OF 
  THE 
  BLEAK 
  AND 
  LONELY 
  BAY 
  OF 
  ISLES 
  

  

  The 
  coasl 
  of 
  this 
  wild 
  South 
  Georgia 
  inlet 
  consists 
  of 
  rocky 
  glacial 
  beaches 
  separated 
  by 
  

   promontories, 
  and 
  with 
  magnificent 
  glaciers 
  between 
  (see 
  text, 
  page 
  419). 
  

  

  