Harbor (disambiguation)
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A harbor
is a place where ships may shelter from the weather
or are stored.
Other uses include:
Geographic names
Harbor
A harbor or harbour , or haven, is a place where ships, boats, and barges can seek shelter from stormy weather, or else are stored for future use. Harbors can be natural or artificial...
is a place where ships may shelter from the weather
Weather
Weather is the state of the atmosphere, to the degree that it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy. Most weather phenomena occur in the troposphere, just below the stratosphere. Weather refers, generally, to day-to-day temperature and precipitation activity, whereas climate...
or are stored.
Other uses include:
- Harbour AirHarbour AirHarbour Air is a scheduled service, tour and charter airline based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. The airline specializes in routes between Vancouver, Nanaimo, Victoria, Sechelt, Comox and the Gulf Islands, primarily with de Havilland Canada floatplanes...
, a Canadian charter airline - Bal Harbour, FloridaBal Harbour, FloridaBal Harbour is a village in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The population was 3,305 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bal Harbour is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of...
, a village just north of North Miami Beach - Harbour compilerHarbour compilerHarbour is a modern computer programming language. It is a Clipper-compatible compiler which is cross-platform, running on many operating systems using the same source code and databases.Although it is a...
, the compiler for the "Clipper" programming language - David HarbourDavid HarbourDavid Harbour is an American actor who has performed in film, television and in the theater. He is known for his role as villain Gregg Beam in Quantum of Solace, as Shep Campbell in Revolutionary Road, and as Russell Crowe's source in State of Play...
, American actor - Harbour GroupHarbour GroupThe Harbour Group is a Washington, D.C. based boutique public relations firm. Founded in 2001, the firm focuses on three practice areas: issues management, public relations, and crisis communications...
, a Washington, D.C., advocacy group - Harbour Main, provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and LabradorNewfoundland and LabradorNewfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
- Harbour PorpoiseHarbour PorpoiseThe harbour porpoise is one of six species of porpoise. It is one of the smallest marine mammals. As its name implies, it stays close to coastal areas or river estuaries, and as such, is the most familiar porpoise to whale watchers. This porpoise often ventures up rivers, and has been seen...
(Phocoena phocoena), a marine mammal - Harbour Productions UnlimitedHarbour Productions UnlimitedHarbour Productions Unlimited was an American television production company formed by Canadian actor Raymond Burr. It was responsible for the series Ironside and The Bold Ones: The New Doctors , which briefly combined in the crossover episode Five Days in the Death of Sgt. Brown, Pt...
, a television production company - Indian Harbour Beach, FloridaIndian Harbour Beach, FloridaIndian Harbour Beach is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The population was 8,152 at the 2000 census. As of 2005, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 8,441...
, a town in Brevard County, Florida - Harbour StationHarbour StationHarbour Station is an arena located in the uptown area of Saint John, New Brunswick.It was the home of the American Hockey League's Saint John Flames from 1993 until their demise in 2003....
, an arena in Saint John, New Brunswick - Harbor TowersHarbor TowersThe Harbor Towers are two Brutalist-era forty-story residential towers located on the waterfront of the U.S. city of Boston, nestled between the New England Aquarium and the iconic Rowe's Wharf mixed use development. Harbor Towers I, the taller of the two towers, stands 400 feet , while Harbor...
, two residential towers in Boston, Massachusetts - Harbor TransitwayHarbor TransitwayThe Harbor Transitway is an 11-mile shared-use bus corridor and high-occupancy vehicle roadway that runs in the median of Interstate 110 in Southern California...
, high-occupancy roadway in the median strip of Interstate Highway 110 in Los Angeles County, California - Safe Harbor arrangement, streamlined process for American companies to comply with EU Directive 95/46/EC on protection of personal data
- SS Sacketts HarborSS Sacketts HarborThe SS Sackett's Harbor was a T2 tanker that was built in August 1943. It served in the United States Merchant Marine during World War II. The ship was a namesake of Sackets Harbor, New York....
, a former American ship
Geographic names
- Great Egg Harbor RiverGreat Egg Harbor RiverThe Great Egg Harbor River is a river in southern New Jersey in the United States. It is one of the major rivers that traverse the largely pristine Pinelands, draining of wetlands into the Atlantic Ocean at Great Egg Harbor, from which it takes its name....
, New Jersey - Harbour Islets (Tasmania)Harbour Islets (Tasmania)The Harbour Islets are a group of two adjacent small rocky islands, joined at low tide, with a combined area of 3.13 ha, in south-eastern Australia. They are part of Tasmania’s Trefoil Island Group, lying close to Cape Grim, Tasmania’s most north-westerly point, in Bass Strait.-Fauna:The islets...
- Spanish Harbor KeySpanish Harbor KeySpanish Harbor Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys.U.S. 1 crosses the keys at approximately mile markers 35--36, between Bahia Honda Key and West Summerland Key....
, an island in Florida