2-677: Nelson Channel is a navigable channel between Candlemas and Vindication Islands in Candlemas Islands group, in the South Sandwich Islands . First roughly charted by Captain James Cook , discoverer of these islands in 1775. Recharted in 1930 by DI personnel on the Discovery II , who gave the name "Nelson Strait" for Lieutenant Andrew Laidlaw Nelson , Royal Navy Reserve , chief officer and navigator of
4-522: The ship. The name has been amended to avoid duplication with Nelson Strait in the South Shetland Islands . [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from "Nelson Channel" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . [REDACTED] 57°3′S 26°43′W / 57.050°S 26.717°W / -57.050; -26.717 This South Georgia and
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