Falkland Harbour
Falkland Harbour (60°44′S 45°3′W / 60.733°S 45.050°W) is a harbour along the southwest side of Powell Island in the South Orkney Islands. It was charted by Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sorlle in 1912–13, and named for the floating whale factory Falkland which was badly damaged while entering the harbour in the 1912–13 season.
References
- ^ "Falkland Harbor". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
- ^ "Falkland Harbor". Gna-GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic1stEdition1981_djvu. p. 648. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
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