Arms of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Possession Bay

(Purvis Glacier)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Location: 54° 5' 59" S 37° 7' 32" W
between Bay of Isles and Antarctic Bay, was discovered, charted and named on 17 January 1775 by Cook, who made the first landing on South Georgia there and took possession of the island for King George III. The bay was re-charted by Discovery Investigations in 1930.