Port Jebsen
| Port Jebsen | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Land mass | Signy Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 42 ′ 40 ″ S , 45 ° 39 ′ 43 ″ W | |
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The Port Jebsen is a natural harbor on the west coast of Signy Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is between Jebsen Point in the south and Tioga Point in the north.
The bay's name appears for the first time on a map based on surveys of the South Orkney Islands by Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sørlle between 1912 and 1913. Probable namesake are Bernhard and Wilhelm Jebsen, whaling entrepreneurs from Bergen , Norway , whose ship Tioga sank in this bay in 1913.
Web links
- Port Jebsen in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Port Jebsen on geographic.org (English)