Paradise Harbour
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Paradise Harbour, also known as Paradise Bay, is a wide embayment on the Danco Coast of Graham Land in the British Antarctic Territory. It lies behind Lemaire Island and Bryde Island, ists headlands being Duthiers Point and Leniz Point.
The name 'Paradise' was first applied by whalers operating in the vicinity and was in use by 1920.
Two foreign bases stand on the shores of the bay: Chile's González Videla Base and Argentina's Almirante Brown Base.
The waters of the bay are bounded by the Danco Coast to the east and south, Lemaire Island to the north and Bryde Island to the west. It is entered by the Aguirre Passage from the north-east or the Bryde Channel from the west, or the Ferguson Channel form the south.
The bay was roughly charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in February 1898. It was further charted and named by the whalers operating in the area from 1913.
Historic site
In 1950, a shelter was erected near the Chilean Base to honour Gabriel Gonzalez Videla, the first head of state to visit the Antarctic. The shelter constitutes a representative example of activity in Antarctica before the International Geophysical Year. The shelter has been designated a Historic Site or Monument ('HSM 30'), following a proposal by Chile to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting.[1]
Outside links
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- Location map: 64°51’-0"S, 62°54’-0"W
References
- ↑ "List of Historic Sites and Monuments approved by the ATCM (2012)". Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2012. http://www.ats.aq/documents/ATCM35/WW/atcm35_ww003_e.pdf.
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Paradise Harbour