New Harbor (Antarctica)
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.jpg) The New Harbor (bottom center), estuary of the Ferrar Glacier (center) |
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| Waters | McMurdo Sound | |
| Land mass | Victoria Land | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 36 ′ S , 163 ° 51 ′ E | |
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| width | 16 km | |
| Tributaries | Commonwealth Stream , Double Curtain Glacier , Ferrar Glacier , Herbertson Glacier , Weatherwax Glacier | |
The New Harbor (German: Neuhafen ) is a bay 16 kilometers wide between Cape Bernacchi and Butter Point on the east coast of the Antarctic Victoria Land on McMurdo Sound . It is the mouth of the Ferrar Glacier . The headland of Baker Point is on the south side of the entrance to Explorers Cove in New Harbor.
The bay was discovered and named by participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott in search of an anchorage far south for the expedition ship RSS Discovery .
Web links
- New Harbor in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- New Harbor on geographic.org (English)