Cape Charlotte

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Pendleton's 1802 map showing Cape Charlotte
Pendleton's 1802 map showing Cape Charlotte

Cape Charlotte (54°32′S, 35°54′W) is a headland which forms the southeast side of the entrance to Royal Bay, on the north coast near the east end of South Georgia. Discovered in 1775 by a British expedition under Cook, who named it for Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III of Great Britain.

This article incorporates text from Cape Charlotte, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.