The Welcome Islands are a small rocky archipelago to the north of the main island of South Georgia

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands, known as the South Sandwich...

. They are to the east of Bird Island

Bird Island (South Georgia)

Bird Island is long and wide, separated from the western end of South Georgia by Bird Sound. It is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, also claimed by Argentina as part of Tierra del Fuego province.-History:...

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They are 4 miles (6.4 km) west-northwest of Cape Buller

Cape Buller

Cape Buller is a rugged headland forming the west side of the entrance to the Bay of Isles on the north coast of South Georgia. It was discovered and named in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook....

, off the north coast of South Georgia. These islands were 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. The name dates back to at least 1912 and is now well established.

The highest point in the islands is 88 m (289 ft)

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands
• List of Antarctic islands north of 60° S

Maps

• Map of Willis Islands, Bird Island and Welcome Islands