Johannessen Harbor
| Johannessen Harbor | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Land mass | Pitt Islands in the Biscoe Islands archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 25 '38 " S , 65 ° 24' 53" W | |
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| Islands | Krivus Island | |
The Johannessen Harbor is a natural harbor off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the Biscoe Islands archipelago, it lies east and northeast of Snodgrass Island in the Pitt Islands group .
The natural harbor served as an anchorage for the Norwegian seal hunter MV Norsel under Captain Olav Johannessen (* 1917), who gave it its name, in 1955 . The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out surveys that same year. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1957.
Web links
- Johannessen Harbor in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Johannessen Harbor on geographic.org (English)