Gull Harbour

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 in the Falkland Islands.^[1] It is entered north of Gull Point and south of Mark Point, and is centred at 51°53′56″S 60°53′20″W. The principal settlement of the island, Weddell Settlement, is situated at the head of the bay. Until the mid-nineteenth century Gull Harbour was known as Great Harbour.^[2][3]

Location of Weddell Island in the Falkland Islands

Satellite image of Weddell Island

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)
• Approaches to the Falkland Islands. Scale 1:1500000 chart. Gps Nautical Charts, 2010
• Illustrated Map of Weddell Island

Gallery

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  States Bay, States Harbour, Canton Harbour and Swan Island (present Chatham Harbour, States Cove, Gull Harbour and Weddell Island) on a pre 1829 Falklands map by Charles Barnard
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  1841 Falkland Islands map by John Arrowsmith, fragment featuring Swan Island, States Harbour and Great Harbour (present Weddell Island, States Cove and Gull Harbour)
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  Old map of Weddell Island featuring Gull Harbour
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  Map of Weddell Island