Falkland Harbour (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Falkland 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 Powell Island and Christoffersen Island, was probably discovered by Brisbane (Brisbane Heights, q.v.) in 1823 (Marr, 1935, p.311); charted by Sørlle in 1912 and named Falklands [sic] Harbour after the factory ship Falkland (Kapt. N. Christophersen), of Rethval Whaling Company, Oslo, operating under British licence and anchoring in this harbour, 1911-12 and 1912-13 (Sørlle, chart, 1912; BA, 1916, p.412). Puerto Falkland (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930). Falkland Havna (Sørlle, chart, [1930]). The harbour was recharted by DI in 1933. Falkland Harbour (BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.9). Falkland Harbor (USHO, 1943, p.71; USBGN, 1956, p.124). Puerto Malvinas, from Islas Malvinas, the Argentine name for the Falkland Islands (Argentina. MM, 1957b, p.7; Pierrou, 1970, p.7).
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