Arms of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Worsley Beach

(Busen Region)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Location: 54° 8' 53" S 36° 47' 10" W
Beach that is used as a landing site on the east side of Fortuna Bay to the south of Hodson Point, Busen Region, South Georgia. Named after Cdr Frank Arthur Worsley, RNR (1872-1943), Master of Endurance during the British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, who accompanied Shackleton in James Caird from Elephant Island to King Haakon Bay, and made the overland crossing with him to Stromness.