Larsen Harbour

Coordinates: 54°50′S 36°1′W / 54.833°S 36.017°W / -54.833; -36.017
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Entrance to Larsen Harbour
Map of Drygalski Fjord, South Georgia Island, with Larsen Harbour labelled

Larsen Harbour (

fossils on the continent, for which he received the Back Grant from the Royal Geographical Society.[2] Larsen is also considered the founder of the Antarctic whaling industry and the settlement and whaling station of Grytviken, South Georgia.[3][4][5]

The peaks and mountain crests surrounding the almost land-locked harbour was described by Sir Ernest Shackleton's photographer Frank Hurley as "most beautiful and exceeding all in grandeur even that of Milford Sound".[6]

The Niall Rankin expedition aboard the Albatross, spent some time here as they studied the Weddell seal colony before going on to Esbensen Bay.[7]

The area is rat-free, allowing species such as the South Georgia pipit, and burrowing petrels and prions to thrive. Mountains descend steeply into the sea here, and various glaciers calve into the sea.[8][9]

Named locations

Hash Island lies in the entrance of the harbor. It was roughly surveyed by the German Antarctic Expedition of 1911–12, and probably named by Discovery Investigations personnel who re-surveyed it in 1927.[10]

Williams Cove is a small

British Admiralty chart.[11][12]

Mount Clara and Mount Normann are found inland to the south of Larsen Harbour and Bonner Beach is on the south shore of the harbour.

References

  1. ^ Bell, C.M.; Mair, B.F.; Storey, B.C. "The pre-Cretaceous Larsen Harbour Formation of southern South Georgia" (PDF). British Antarctic Survey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2009. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ISBN 978-0-415-41379-4.[permanent dead link
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  3. ISBN 1-57607-422-6
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  4. ISBN 0-471-98665-8
    . Retrieved 25 October 2009.
  5. ^ "Larsen Harbor". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  6. ISBN 0-9703148-2-5
    . Retrieved 25 October 2009.
  7. ISBN 0-521-25274-1
    . Retrieved 25 October 2009.
  8. ISBN 1-74059-643-9
    . Retrieved 25 October 2009.
  9. ISSN 0007-0262
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  10. ^ "Hash Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Scoresby Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Williams Cove". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 March 2020.

Further reading

54°50′S 36°1′W / 54.833°S 36.017°W / -54.833; -36.017 Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Larsen Harbor". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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