Harpon Bay
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Harpon Bay is a bay 1 mi wide, lying just east of Mercer Bay
in the south part of Cumberland West Bay
, South Georgia. First mapped by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition
, 1901–04, under Otto Nordenskjöld. Surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951-57, and named by the UK-APC for a cargo vessel of Compañía Argentina de Pesca
, Grytviken
, since 1922.
Mercer Bay
Mercer Bay is a small bay marked by Geikie Glacier at its head, at the southwest end of Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia. The bay appears on a sketch map of Cumberland Bay by Lieutenant S.A. Duse of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04. The name is first used on a chart based upon survey...
in the south part of Cumberland West Bay
Cumberland West Bay
Cumberland West Bay is a bay forming the western arm of Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. It is entered southward of Larsen Point, where it is wide, and extends in a southwest direction. This feature was surveyed by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, who named it West Bay. It was remapped...
, South Georgia. First mapped by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Swedish Antarctic Expedition
The Swedish Antarctic Expedition was led by Otto Nordenskjöld and Carl Anton Larsen.-Background:Otto Nordenskjöld, a Swedish geologist and geographer, organized and lead a scientific expedition of the Antarctic Peninsula...
, 1901–04, under Otto Nordenskjöld. Surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951-57, and named by the UK-APC for a cargo vessel of Compañía Argentina de Pesca
Compañía Argentina de Pesca
Compañía Argentina de Pesca was initiated by the British-Norwegian whaler and Antarctic explorer Carl A. Larsen, and established on 29 February 1904 by three foreign residents of Buenos Aires: the Norwegian consul P. Christophersen, H.H. Schlieper , and E. Tornquist...
, Grytviken
Grytviken
Grytviken is the principal settlement in the British territory of South Georgia in the South Atlantic. It was so named in 1902 by the Swedish surveyor Johan Gunnar Andersson who found old English try pots used to render seal oil at the site. It is the best harbour on the island, consisting of a...
, since 1922.