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Williams Haven is a cove 0.2 nautical miles (0.37 km; 0.23 mi) southwest of North Point, Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands. There is a large sea cave in the cliff on the north side of the cove. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1990 after David D. Wynn-Williams, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) microbiologist from 1974, including two winters and six summer seasons on Signy Island.

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Williams Haven" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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