Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Granite Harbor (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Granite Harbor (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Harbour (3)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A bay in the coast of Victoria Land, about 14 mi long, entered between Cape Archer and Cape Roberts. Discovered and named by the BrNAE (1901-04) in the Discovery in January 1902, while searching for safe winter quarters for the ship. The name derives from the great granite boulders found on its shores.
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