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Willis Islands
Main island of the South Georgia Islands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Willis Island.
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Geography | |
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Location | South Atlantic Ocean |
Coordinates | 54°0′S 38°11′W |
Archipelago | South Georgia Islands |
Administration | |
Overseas Territory | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
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The Willis Islands are a small archipelago to the west of South Georgia Island in the South Georgia Islands. They are 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Bird Island, separated by the Stewart Strait.[1][2] They were discovered on 14 January 1775 by Captain James Cook and named for Cook's midshipman Thomas Willis, the crew member who first sighted them.[1] The Willis Islands were charted in greater detail and individually named by Discovery Investigations (DI) personnel between 1926 and 1930.[3][4]