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Blue Whale Harbour

Index Blue Whale Harbour

Blue Whale Harbour is a small, sheltered anchorage entered west-southwest of Cape Constance, along the north coast of South Georgia Island. [1]

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Table of Contents

  1. 12 relations: Admiralty (United Kingdom), Atlantic Ocean, Blue whale, Cape Constance, Clear Point, Discovery Investigations, Harbor, Headland, Leith Harbour, South Georgia, Stromness Bay, UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee.

  2. Ports and harbours of South Georgia

Admiralty (United Kingdom)

The Admiralty was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy until 1964, historically under its titular head, the Lord High Admiral – one of the Great Officers of State.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.

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Blue whale

The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal and a baleen whale.

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Cape Constance

Cape Constance is a cape that marks the northern tip of the peninsula between Antarctic Bay and Possession Bay on the north coast of South Georgia. Blue Whale Harbour and cape Constance are South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands geography stubs.

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Clear Point

Clear Point is a headland forming the northeast side of the entrance to Leith Harbour, Stromness Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. Blue Whale Harbour and Clear Point are South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands geography stubs.

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Discovery Investigations

The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean.

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Harbor

A harbor (American English), or harbour (Canadian English, British English; see spelling differences), is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be moored.

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Headland

A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water.

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Leith Harbour

Leith Harbour, also known as Port Leith, was a whaling station on the northeast coast of South Georgia, established and operated by Christian Salvesen Ltd, Edinburgh. Blue Whale Harbour and Leith Harbour are Ports and harbours of South Georgia.

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South Georgia

South Georgia is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

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Stromness Bay

Stromness Bay is a bay wide, entered between Cape Saunders and Busen Point on the north coast of South Georgia.

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UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI).

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See also

Ports and harbours of South Georgia

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Whale_Harbour

Also known as Blue Whale Harbor, Blue Whale Mountain, Brow Point, Clarity Point, Cone Point, Shelter Point.