King Haakon Bay

King Haakon Bay

SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS

King Haakon Bay is an inlet on the southern coast of the British island of South Georgia. The inlet is approximately 13 km long and 4 km wide. Cave Cove, which forms part of the bay, is best known as the landing place of Ernest Shackleton in May 1916 as he sought help for his shipwrecked crew marooned in the Antarctic with the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.