Cape Wilson

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Cape Wilson (54°2′S, 37°10′W) is a headland at the east side of the entrance to the Bay of lsles on the north coast of South Georgia. The Bay of Isles was charted in 1912-13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy. The cape was named by Murphy for Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, 1913-21.

The area including the Bay of Isles and Cape Buller, along with Grytviken is one of two ASTIs on the island.

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