Paal Harbor
| Paal Harbor | ||
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| Waters | Orwell Bight | |
| Land mass | Signy Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 42 ′ 58 ″ S , 45 ° 34 ′ 59 ″ W | |
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The Paal Harbor is a bay on the east coast of Signy Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is located 800 m south of Borge Bay .
The name of the bay can be found on maps that were made during the survey work carried out between 1912 and 1913 by the Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sørlle . It is named after the Norwegian whaler Paal , who operated at the same time in the waters around the southern Orkney Islands.
Web links
- Paal Harbor in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Paal Harbor on geographic.org (English)