Gull Harbour (former names ''States Harbour'', ''Great Harbour'') is the 1.3 km wide bay indenting for 2.8 km the east coast 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 The Falkland Islands (; es, Islas Malvinas, link=no ) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about from Cape Dubouzet ...

. It is entered north of Gull Point and south of Mark Point, and is centred at . The principal settlement of the island,

Weddell Settlement Weddell Settlement is the only settlement on Weddell Island in the Falkland Islands, situated on the east coast of the island at the head of the sheltered Gull Harbour (formerly ''Great Harbour''.), part of Queen Charlotte Bay. It is located at ...

, is situated at the head of the bay. Until the mid-nineteenth century Gull Harbour was known as ''Great Harbour''.R.M. Martin, J. & F. Tallis
Falkland Islands and Patagonia.
Scale 1:1200000 map. New York: J. & F. Tallis, 1851

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

Falkland-Islands-Chart-Charles-Barnard-1815.png, States Bay, States Harbour, Canton Harbour and Swan Island (present Chatham Harbour, States Cove, Gull Harbour 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) File:Weddell-Island-Map-1901.png, Old map of Weddell Island featuring 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