Arms of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Nelson Channel

(Vindication Island)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Location: 57° 5' 59" S 26° 46' 4" W
between Candlemas Island and Vindication Island, was probably first sighted by Cook in 1775; charted by Discovery Investigations in 1930 and named Nelson Strait after Lieut. Andrew Laidlaw Nelson, RNR (1904-58), successively navigator, Chief Officer and Captain of Discovery II, 1929-35.