South West Point
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South West Point is the southwest point of Annenkov Island
Annenkov Island
Annenkov Island is to the west of the main island of South Georgia. The Pickersgill Islands are its south west. It is irregularly-shaped and long and high, lying off the south-central coast of South Georgia.-History:...

, off the south-central coast of South Georgia. Annenkov Island was discovered by Captain James Cook
James Cook
Captain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy...

 in 1775, and resighted by Admiral Thaddeus Bellingshausen in 1819. The point appears to be first named on a chart based upon DI surveys undertaken in the period 1926-30.
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