Facile Harbor
| Facile Harbor | ||
| Geographical location | ||
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| Coordinates | 45 ° 42 ′ S , 166 ° 34 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-STL | |
| country | New Zealand | |
| region | Southland | |
| Sea access | Dusky Sound , Lake Tasman | |
| Data on the natural harbor | ||
| Port entrance | 387 m wide | |
| length | around 1.5 km | |
| width | Max. 0.51 km | |
| Coastline | around 3.8 km | |
| Tributaries | A few small streams (brooks) | |
| Photography of the natural harbor | ||
 Map from 1773 of Cook's 2nd South Sea voyage with Facile Harbor |
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Facile Harbor is a natural harbor on Resolution Island in the Southland region ofthe South Island of New Zealand .
geography
The Facile Harbor is located on the southwest side of the island Resolution Iceland , about 4 km east of the Five Fingers Peninsula and about 500 meters northeast of the island of Pigeon Iceland . The natural harbor, which bends at right angles to the east, is 1.5 km long and measures around 510 m at its widest point. The port entrance is flanked on both sides by two small islands and is 387 m wide. The length of the coast of the body of water stretches for around 3.8 km and is only fed by a few streams (brooks). The natural harbor flows into the northern part of Dusky Sound
The natural harbor in the uninhabited area belongs to the Fiordland National Park and administratively to the Southland District of the Southland region .
Endeavor Settlement
In February 1998, with the participation of the University of Otago's Antropology Department , the Southland Museum and Art Gallery and the Department of Conservation, an archaeological study of the western shore area of Facile Harbor , known as the Endeavor Settlement of 1795-1797, was carried out. When, after a storm in October 1795, the captain of the Endeavor (not to be confused with the Endeavor of Captain James Cook ), William Wright Bampton , had to anchor in Facile Harbor due to leaks on the ship , the ship ran aground a few days later on a rock and then afterwards Reason. Some crew members, including the captain, were able to stay on the Fancy's escort ship and sail to Sydney . 35 members of the Endeavor crew stayed behind and lived in the settlement until they were rescued in May 1797.
See also
literature
- Ian Smith , Karl Gillies: Archaeological Investigations at Facile Harbor, Dusky Sound, February 1998 . New Zealand Historic Places Trust , Wellington December 1998 (English, online [PDF; 12.6 MB ; accessed on January 31, 2018]).
- Robert McNab : Murihiku : A History of the South Island of New Zealand and the Islands Adjacent and Lying to the South, from 1642 to 1835 . Wreck of the Endeavor . Whitcombe and Tombs Limited , Christchurch 1909, p. 112–124 (English, online [accessed January 31, 2018]).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed January 31, 2018 .
- ↑ Coordinates and longitudes were partly made using Google Earth Version 7.1.8.3036 on January 31, 2018.
- ^ Smith , Gillies: Archaeological Investigations at Facile Harbor, Dusky Sound, Februrary 1998 . 1998, p. 2 f .
- ^ McNab : Murihiku : A History of the South Island of New Zealand and the Islands Adjacent and Lying to the South, from 1642 to 1835 . Wreck of the Endeavor . 1909, p. 112-122 .