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Chatham Harbour, Weddell Island

Coordinates: 51°50′16″S 60°57′32″W / 51.83778°S 60.95889°W / -51.83778; -60.95889
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Location of Weddell Island at the western (left) end of the Falkland Islands
Satellite image of Weddell Island, with Chatham Harbour at top right and centre

Chatham Harbour (former name States Bay, Spanish: Puerto de San Joseph, Puerto de San José) is the large bay indenting the central part of Weddell Island in the Falkland Islands.[1] It is entered east of Beacon Point and west of Loop Head. The 3 km wide bay extends 5 km in southeast direction, this part of the feature forming an anchorage named Bald Road, and north of Clay Point turning for 10 km in southwest direction. Chatham Harbour is centred at 51°50′16″S 60°57′32″W / 51.83778°S 60.95889°W / -51.83778; -60.95889.

States Cove (former names States Harbour, Hussey Harbour) is an estuary on the southeast side of Chatham Harbour, centred at 51°50′15″S 60°54′15″W / 51.83750°S 60.90417°W / -51.83750; -60.90417.[2]

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  1. ^ Chatham Harbour. Falkland Islands. GeoNames Geographical Database
  2. ^ States Cove. Falkland Islands. GeoNames Geographical Database

References

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  • B. Stonehouse (ed.). Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. 404 pp. ISBN 978-0-471-98665-2
  • C.H. Barnard. A Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Capt. Charles H. Barnard, in a Recent Voyage Round the World, Including an Account of His Residence for Two Years on An Uninhabited Island. New York: J.P. Callender, 1836
  • P.P. King and R. Fitzroy. The South America Pilot. Part II. From the Rio de la Plata to the Bay of Panama, including Magellan Strait, the Falkland, and Galapagos Islands. Fifth Edition. London: Printed for the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, 1860. pp. 116–118
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