Quaker Harbour

Quaker Harbour is the irregularly shaped bay indenting for 3.7 km the north coast of Weddell Island in the Falkland Islands.^[1] It is centred at 51°49′00″S 61°04′35″W, and has its head fed by Pitt Creek. The bay takes its name from nearby Quaker Island.

Location of Weddell Island in the Falkland Islands

Satellite image of Weddell Island

The British navigator and Antarctic explorer James Weddell, who visited the Falklands in 1819–1824, overwintered ashore on Weddell Island (known at that time as Swan Island) at Quaker Harbour in May–September 1823.^[2]

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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  Swan Island (present Weddell Island) and Quaker Harbour on a pre 1829 Falklands map by Charles Barnard
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  Old map of Weddell Island featuring Quaker Harbour
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  Map of Weddell Island