Possession Bay

This article is about the bay in South Georgia. For the bay in the Strait of Magellan, Chile, see Bahía Posesión.

Location of Possession Bay on South Georgia Island
Possession Bay

Possession Bay is a bay 2 miles (3.2 km) wide on the north coast of South Georgia, an island in the southern Atlantic Ocean.[1] It recedes southwest for 5 miles (8 km), and is separated from Cook Bay to the north by Black Head promontory.[2] It is connected to King Haakon Bay by Shackleton Gap, a mountain pass.[3]

  1. ^ "Possession Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Black Head". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Shackleton Gap". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 6 August 2018.