French_Harbour

French Harbour

French Harbour

Bay in the Falkland Islands

French Harbour is the 500 m wide bay indenting for 3.1 km the west coast of Weddell Island in the Falkland Islands.[1] It is entered 5.5 km north of Weddell Point, and centred at 51°51′03″S 61°06′50″W.

Location of Weddell Island in the Falkland Islands
Satellite image of Weddell Island

Maps

  • Old map of Weddell Island featuring French Harbour
  • Map of Weddell Island

Notes

  1. [1]
    French Harbour. Falkland Islands. GeoNames Geographical Database

References

  • B. Stonehouse (ed.). Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. 404 pp. ISBN 978-0-471-98665-2
  • 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


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