Will Point () is a point at the head of
Royal Bay
Royal Bay is a bay, wide and indenting , entered between Cape Charlotte and Cape Harcourt along the north coast of South Georgia.
Like other parts of the archipelago, many birds breed here, including king penguins, gentoo penguins, and blue- ...
, lying 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of
Cape Charlotte
Cape Charlotte (located at ) is a cape that forms the southeast side of the entrance to Royal Bay on the north coast near the eastern end of South Georgia in the Atlantic Ocean. It was discovered in 1775 by a British expedition under Captain Jam ...
on the north coast of
South Georgia
South Georgia ( es, Isla San Pedro) is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. Stretching in the east†...
. First mapped by the German group of the
International Polar Year Investigations
The International Polar Years (IPY) are collaborative, international efforts with intensive research focus on the polar regions. Karl Weyprecht, an Austro-Hungarian naval officer, motivated the endeavor in 1875, but died before it first occurred i ...
, 1882–83. Resurveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57 and named by the
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ...
(UK-APC) for Dr.
H. Will, botanist with the German expedition which wintered at Royal Bay in 1882–83.
Headlands of South Georgia
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