Falkland Harbour
Falkland Harbour () is a harbour along the southwest side of Powell Island in the South Orkney Islands. It was charted by Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sorlle Petter may refer to: People: *Petter (given name) * W. E. W. Petter, English aircraft designer *Arlie Petters, a Belizean-American mathematical physicist *Tom Petters, former CEO and chairman of Petters Group Worldwide Place names: *Petter Bay, a ... in 1912–13, and named for the floating whale factory ''Falkland'' which was badly damaged while entering the harbour in the 1912–13 season. References Powell Island Ports and harbours of the South Orkney Islands {{SouthOrkneys-geo-stub ...
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Powell Island
Powell Island is a narrow island long and wide, lying between Coronation and Laurie Islands in the central part of the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. Its southern end lies 7 km east of the south-western extremity of Coronation Island, between Lewthwaite Strait and Washington Strait. History The island was discovered in the course of the joint cruise by Captains George Powell and Nathaniel Palmer in December 1821. It was correctly charted, though unnamed, on Powell's map published in 1822; it was subsequently named for Powell on an Admiralty chart of 1839. Birds An area including part of southern Powell Island (south of John Peaks on Coronation Island), along with neighbouring Christoffersen, Fredriksen, Michelsen and Grey Islands, with some other (unnamed) islands lying offshore, has been identified as a 2688 ha Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International as it supports several significant seabird breeding colonies. The boundary of the IBA is defin ...
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South Orkney Islands
The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about north-east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula''Antarctica: Secrets of the Southern Continent'' p. 122
David McGonigal, 2009 and south-west of . They have a total area of about . The islands are claimed both by Britain (as part of the since 1962, previously as a
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Petter Sorlle
Petter may refer to: People: *Petter (given name) * W. E. W. Petter, English aircraft designer *Arlie Petters, a Belizean-American mathematical physicist *Tom Petters, former CEO and chairman of Petters Group Worldwide Place names: *Petter Bay, a bay on Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands, in Scotland In business: *Lister Petter, a British manufacturer of internal combustion engines **Petters Limited, a former manufacturer of internal combustion engines, and one of Lister Petter's predecessors *Petters Group Worldwide, a diversified company headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota Other: *The Petter Chamor, a mitzvah in Judaism *Petter Dass Museum The Petter Dass Museum ( no, Petter Dass-museet) in Alstahaug, Norway is a museum dedicated to the priest and poet Petter Dass. The museum was established in 1966 and is a division of the Helgeland Museum. In 1999, Alstahaug was selected as the ...