Perseverance Harbour, also known as South harbour, is a large indentation in the coast of Campbell Island, one of

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

subantarctic The sub-Antarctic zone is a region in the Southern Hemisphere, located immediately north of the Antarctic region. This translates roughly to a latitude of between 46° and 60° south of the Equator. The subantarctic region includes many islands ...

outlying islands. The harbour is a long lateral fissure which reaches the ocean in the island's southeast, and is overlooked by the island's highest point,

Mount Honey Mount Honey is the highest point on Campbell Island, the southernmost of New Zealand's subantarctic outlying islands. It is located to the south of Perseverance Harbour, a long lateral fissure which reaches the ocean in the island's southea ...

. The Campbell Island Meteorological Station lies at the western end of the harbour. On 4 November 1810 the island's discoverer Captain

Frederick Hasselborough Frederick Hasselborough (drowned 4 November 1810, in Perseverance Harbour), whose surname is also spelled Hasselburgh and Hasselburg, was an Australian sealer from Sydney who discovered Campbell (4 January 1810) and Macquarie Island Macqua ...

(or "Hasselburgh" or "Hasselburg"; there are several spellings), who had returned from Sydney, was drowned in Perseverance Harbour, together with Elizabeth Farr, a young woman born at

Norfolk Island Norfolk Island (, ; Norfuk: ''Norf'k Ailen'') is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, directly east of Australia's Evans Head and about from Lord Howe Island. Together with ...

, and a twelve- or thirteen-year-old Sydney boy George Allwright.

References

Geography of Campbell Island, New Zealand Fiords of New Zealand Landforms of the Campbell Islands {{fjord-stub