Arms of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Twitcher Bay

(Twitcher Glacier)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Location: 54° 42' 11" S 35° 56' 52" W
Bay to the south of Iris Bay, south-east South Georgia. It was created by the retreat of Twitcher Glacier, which was first noticed in 2011, and the bay was then surveyed in 2014 by the RV Hans Hansson. Named in association with the glacier after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, popularly known as 'Jemmy Twitcher'.