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Undine South Harbour ''You may be looking for Undine Harbour in the north west of South Georgia'' Undine South Harbour is a bay, 6 miles (10 km) wide and indenting 2 miles (3.2 km) between Ducloz Head and Leon Head along the south coast of South Georgia. Th ...
near Ducloz Head, South Georgia'' Undine Harbour is a small
bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a Gulf (geography), gulf, sea, sound (geography), sound, or bight (geogra ...
at the head of the embayment between
Cape Paryadin Cape Paryadin () is a headland which forms the southernmost point of the west tip of South Georgia. It was discovered in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook. The cape was resighted in 1819 by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen B ...
and
Cape Chaplin ''You may be looking for Undine South Harbour near Ducloz Head, South Georgia'' Undine Harbour is a small bay at the head of the embayment between Cape Paryadin and Cape Chaplin on the south coast of South Georgia. This feature (with Johan Harb ...
on the south coast of
South Georgia South Georgia ( es, Isla San Pedro) is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. Stretching in the east†...
. This feature (with Johan Harbour, Coal Harbour, and
Frida Hole Frida Hole () is a small bay lying southeast of Coal Harbour Coal Harbour is the name for a section of Burrard Inlet lying between Vancouver's Downtown Peninsula and the Brockton Point of Stanley Park. It has also now become the name of the ...
, q.v.) may form, part of the feature called "Adventure Bay" by James Weddell, 1823, and "Discovery Bay" by DI, 1929. The recommended name Undine Harbour, after the sealing ship Undine of the Compania Argentina de Pesca, has been consistently used for this bay since about 1912. It is separated from
Elsehul Elsehul (also Paddocks Cove, Else Cove, Elsie Bay, Elsa Bay, Else's Hole, and Else Bay) is a bay along the north coast of South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Elsehul is approximately wide, and is separated from nearby Undine Har ...
by a narrow isthmus. Johan Harbor () is a small
bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a Gulf (geography), gulf, sea, sound (geography), sound, or bight (geogra ...
0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) southwest of Undine Harbor. The name "Johann Harbour" was used on a chart resulting from a survey of this area by DI personnel in 1926–27. The SGS reported in 1957 that "Johan" is the correct spelling of the name, which is well known locally. Laurie Point () is the east extremity of a small island which lies close to shore and marks the south side of the entrance to the harbor on the south coast and near the west end of South Georgia. It was surveyed by the SGS, 1956–57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for
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Bill Inlet ''You may be looking for Undine South Harbour near Ducloz Head, South Georgia'' Undine Harbour is a small bay at the head of the embayment between Cape Paryadin and Cape Chaplin on the south coast of South Georgia. This feature (with Johan Harbo ...
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Birdie Rocks ''You may be looking for Undine South Harbour near Ducloz Head, South Georgia'' Undine Harbour is a small bay at the head of the embayment between Cape Paryadin and Cape Chaplin on the south coast of South Georgia. This feature (with Johan Harbo ...
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Chaplin Head ''You may be looking for Undine South Harbour near Ducloz Head, South Georgia'' Undine Harbour is a small bay at the head of the embayment between Cape Paryadin and Cape Chaplin on the south coast of South Georgia. This feature (with Johan Harbo ...
Bays of South Georgia {{SouthGeorgia-geo-stub