Arms of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Iris Bay

(Herz Glacier)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Location: 54° 42' 10" S 35° 56' 32" W
W of Müller Point, the bay extended as the Herz Glacier retreated inland, was discovered and roughly charted on 18 January 1775 by Cook, who named the whole bight between Cape Charlotte and Cape Vahsel Sandwich Bay, after John Montagu, Fourth Earl of Sandwich (1718-92), First Lord of the Admiralty, 1771-82; named Iris Bay, following the usage of sealers and whalers.