Chatham Harbour (former name ''States Bay'', es, Puerto de San Joseph, Puerto de San José) is the large bay indenting the central part of

Weddell Island Weddell Island ( es, Isla San José) is one of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, lying off the southwest extremity of West Falkland. It is situated west-northwest of South Georgia Island, north of Livingston Island, northeast of Ca ...

in the Falkland Islands. It is entered east of Beacon Point and west of

Loop Head Loop Head (), is a headland on the north side of the mouth of the River Shannon, in County Clare in the west of Ireland. Loop Head is marked by a prominent lighthouse. The opposite headland on the south side of the Shannon is Kerry Head. The Sh ...

. The 3 km wide bay extends 5 km in southeast direction, this part of the feature forming an anchorage named Bald Road, and north of Clay Point turning for 10 km in southwest direction. Chatham Harbour is centred at . States Cove (former names ''States Harbour'', ''Hussey Harbour'') is an estuary on the southeast side of Chatham Harbour, centred at .States Cove.
Falkland Islands. GeoNames Geographical Database

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)

Scale 1:1500000 chart. Gps Nautical Charts, 2010
Illustrated Map of Weddell Island

Gallery

Chatham-Harbour-Weddell-Island-18-century-map.png, A post 1770 large scale, southeast-up map of Chatham Harbour (''Puerto de San Joseph'' in the title); the illustration shows a north view of the harbour entrance marked by

Bald Island Bald Island is an island that is located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The island is offshore from Cheynes Beach and is a protected area managed by the Department of Parks and Wildlife. The island is a World Conservati ...

(island “A”), with

Mount Weddell Mount Weddell is the summit of Weddell Island in the Falkland Islands. The mountain rises to and is situated 8 km northeast of Race Point, 9.8 km east of Pillar Bluff, 4.35 km southwest of Weddell Settlement and 4.6 km we ...

prominent in the background Falkland-Islands-Chart-Charles-Barnard-1815.png, States Bay, States Harbour and Swan Island (present Chatham Harbour, States Cove and

) on a pre 1829 Falklands map by Charles Barnard Falkland-Islands-Map-1841-Fragment.png, 1841 Falkland Islands map by John Arrowsmith, fragment featuring Swan Island, States Harbour and Great Harbour (present

, States Cove and Gull Harbour) Weddell-Island-Map.png, Map of Weddell Island

Notes

References

* B. Stonehouse (ed.). ''Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans''. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. 404 pp. * 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 {{Falkland Islands topics, state=collapsed Bays of the Falkland Islands