French Harbour

Bay in the Falkland Islands

Location of Weddell Island in the Falkland Islands
Satellite image of Weddell Island

French Harbour is the 500 m wide bay indenting for 3.1 km the west coast of Weddell Island in the Falkland Islands.[1] It is entered 5.5 km north of Weddell Point, and centred at 51°51′03″S 61°06′50″W / 51.85083°S 61.11389°W / -51.85083; -61.11389.

Maps

  • The Falkland Islands. Scale 1:401280 map. London: Edward Stanford, 1901
  • Falkland Islands Explorer Map. Scale 1:365000. Ocean Explorer Maps, 2007
  • Falklands Topographic Map Series. Scale 1:50000, 29 sheets. DOS 453, 1961-1979
  • Falkland Islands. Scale 1:643000 Map. DOS 906. Edition 3-OS, 1998
  • Map 500k--xm20-4. 1:500000 map of Weddell Island and part of West Falkland. Russian Army Maps (for the world)
  • Approaches to the Falkland Islands. Scale 1:1500000 chart. Gps Nautical Charts, 2010
  • Illustrated Map of Weddell Island

Gallery

  • Old map of Weddell Island featuring French Harbour
    Old map of Weddell Island featuring French Harbour
  • Map of Weddell Island
    Map of Weddell Island

Notes

  1. ^ French Harbour. Falkland Islands. GeoNames Geographical Database

References

  • 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

External links

  • Weddell Island Official Website
  • Weddell Island from space. NASA Johnson Space Center, 30 April 2005
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