Harpon Bay
| Harpon Bay | ||
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| Waters | Cumberland Bay | |
| Land mass | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 16 '43 " S , 36 ° 37' 7" W | |
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| width | 1.6 km | |
| Tributaries | Lyell glacier | |
The Harpon Bay is a small bay on the north coast of South Georgia . It is located immediately east of Mercer Bay in the southern part of Cumberland West Bay .
It was first mapped during the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) under the direction of Otto Nordenskjöld . The South Georgia Survey surveyed the bay between 1951 and 1957 . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1958 after the cargo ship Harpon , which was used since 1922 for the fishing company Compañía Argentina de Pesca in Grytviken , founded by Carl Anton Larsen .
Web links
- Harpon Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Harpon Bay on geographic.org