Governors Harbor
| Governors Harbor | ||
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| Waters | Wilhelmina Bay | |
| Land mass | Enterprise Island | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 32 ′ 29 ″ S , 61 ° 59 ′ 32 ″ W | |
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The Gouvernøren Harbor is a small natural harbor in front of the Danco Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located immediately west of Pythia Island on the east side of Enterprise Island .
Norwegian whalers named him as Guvernørhavna after here in 1916 the whaling ship Guvernoren I havariert was. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee transferred this designation into English in 1960 in a slightly modified form.
Web links
- Gouvernøren Harbor in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gouvernøren Harbor on geographic.org (English)