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Welcome Islands

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Highest elevation
  
88 m (289 ft)

Elevation
  
88 m

Population
  
Uninhabited

Archipelago
  
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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The Welcome Islands are a small rocky archipelago to the north of the main island of South Georgia. They are to the east of Bird Island.

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Map of Welcome Islands, SIQQ 1ZZ, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

They are 6.4 km (4 mi) west-northwest of Cape Buller, off the north coast of South Georgia. These islands were discovered by Captain James Cook 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)

References

Welcome Islands Wikipedia