Blue Whale Harbour () is a small, sheltered anchorage entered west-southwest of
Cape Constance, along the north coast of
South Georgia Island. It was charted in 1930 by
Discovery Investigations personnel, along with its constituent features. It is named for the
blue whale
The blue whale (''Balaenoptera musculus'') is a marine mammal and a baleen whale. Reaching a maximum confirmed length of and weighing up to , it is the largest animal known to have ever existed. The blue whale's long and slender body can ...
, a commercially important species which was once widely distributed in polar and subpolar waters; numbers are now very small.
[
The ]headland
A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape.Whittow, John ...
Brow Point defines the harbour's westernmost boundary.[ Shelter Point projects into the west side of the harbour.][ Blue Whale Mountain rises to at the west side of Brow Point.][
Clarity Point is a headland on the east shore of the harbor. The feature was charted and initially named Clear Point by DI personnel. The name was amended by the ]United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ...
(UKAPC) in 1991 to avoid duplication of Clear Point at Leith Harbor in Stromness Bay.[ Cone Point marks the east side of the entrance to the harbour. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 ]British Admiralty
The Admiralty was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy until 1964, historically under its titular head, the Lord High Admiral – one of the Great Officers of State. For much of it ...
chart.[
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References
Ports and harbours of South Georgia
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