Arms of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Cape Vahsel

(Wirik Bay)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Location: 54° 45' 39" S 35° 47' 34" W
SE point of South Georgia, was roughly charted by Cook in 1775; re-charted by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1911-12, and named Kap Vahsel after Capt. Richard Vahsel, commanding the expedition ship Deutschland.