Foyn Harbor is located in Antarctica
Foyn Harbor
Foyn Harbor
Location of Foyn Harbor
Antarctica
The wreck of the whaling factory ship Guvernøren in Foyn Harbor.

Foyn Harbor (64°33′S 62°1′W / 64.550°S 62.017°W / -64.550; -62.017) is an anchorage between Nansen Island and Enterprise Island in Wilhelmina Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was surveyed by M.C. Lester and T.W. Bagshawe in 1921–22, and was named by whalers in the area after the whaling factory Svend Foyn, which was moored here during 1921–22.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Foyn Harbor". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-04-05.


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