Ellefsen Harbour (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Ellefsen Harbour (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Harbour
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
between Christoffersen Island and Michelsen Island at S end of Powell Island, was roughly charted by Powell and Palmer in December 1821 and named Ellefsen's Harbour, possibly after a Norwegian whaler (Powell, chart, 1822a). Havre Ellefsens (Powell, 1824a, map facing p.5).Ellessen [sic] Harbour (BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839). Elessen Hr. (USHO chart 1132, 1894). Ellefsen Hafen (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). Elleson [sic] Harbour (Bruce, 1903-04, p.12). Ellesen [sic] Harbour (Bruce, 1904, p.62). Ellison [sic] Harbour (Brown and others, 1906, p.69). The harbour was further charted by Sørlle in 1912-13. Ellessen Havna (Sørlle, chart, [1930]). Puerto Ellessen (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930). The harbour was recharted by DI in January 1933 (Marr, 1935, p.325). Ellefsen Harbour (BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.9). Ellefsen's Harbor (Hobbs, 1939a, p.26). Ellefsen Harbor (USHO, 1943, p.71; USBGN, 1956, p.119). Puerto Ellefsen (Argentina. MM, 1945, p.277; Pierrou, 1970, p.339). Ellessen Harbor, as rejected form (USBGN, 1947, p.161). Ellefson [sic] Harbour (BA, 1961, p.430).
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