Gull Harbour Explained

Gull Harbour (former names States Harbour, Great Harbour) is the 1.3 km wide bay indenting for 2.8 km the east coast of Weddell Island in the Falkland Islands.^[1] It is entered north of Gull Point and south of Mark Point, and is centred at -51.8989°N -60.8889°W. The principal settlement of the island, Weddell Settlement, is situated at the head of the bay. Until the mid-nineteenth century Gull Harbour was known as Great Harbour.^{[2] [3]}

Maps

• The Falkland Islands. Scale 1:401280 map. London: Edward Stanford, 1901
• Falkland Islands Explorer Map. Scale 1:365000. Ocean Explorer Maps, 2007
• Falklands Topographic Map Series. Scale 1:50000, 29 sheets. DOS 453, 1961-1979
• Falkland Islands. Scale 1:643000 Map. DOS 906. Edition 3-OS, 1998
• Map 500k--xm20-4. 1:500000 map of Weddell Island and part of West Falkland. Russian Army Maps (for the world)
• Approaches to the Falkland Islands. Scale 1:1500000 chart. Gps Nautical Charts, 2010
• Illustrated Map of Weddell Island

References

• B. Stonehouse (ed.). Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. 404 pp.
• C.H. Barnard. A Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Capt. Charles H. Barnard, in a Recent Voyage Round the World, Including an Account of His Residence for Two Years on An Uninhabited Island. New York: J.P. Callender, 1836
• P.P. King and R. Fitzroy. The South America Pilot. Part II. From the Rio de la Plata to the Bay of Panama, including Magellan Strait, the Falkland, and Galapagos Islands. Fifth Edition. London: Printed for the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, 1860. pp. 116–118

External links

• Weddell Island Official Website
• Weddell Island from space. NASA Johnson Space Center, 30 April 2005

Notes and References

1. http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_-51.899_-60.889.html Gull Harbour.
2. http://www.fig.gov.fk/archives/jdownloads/People/Culture%20and%20Early%20History/Copies%20or%20Extracts%20of%20any%20Correspondence%20relative%20to%20The%20Falkland%20Islands%20-%201843.pdf The Falkland Islands:
3. R.M. Martin, J. & F. Tallis. Falkland Islands and Patagonia. Scale 1:1200000 map. New York: J. & F. Tallis, 1851