Cape Harcourt () is a headland on the east extremity of Harcourt Island on the north coast of South Georgia, forming the north side of the entrance to Royal Bay. A headland is an area of land adjacent to water on three sides South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ( SGSSI) is a British overseas territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Royal Bay ( is a Bay, 4 miles (6 km) wide and indenting 5 miles (8 km) entered between Cape Charlotte and Cape The name dates back to at least 1920 and is now well established.
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