Gull Harbour

Gull Harbour(former namesStates Harbour,Great Harbour) is the 1.3 km wide bay indenting for 2.8 km the east coast ofWeddell Islandin theFalkland Islands.^[1]It is entered north ofGull Pointand south ofMark Point,and is centred at51°53′56″S60°53′20″W/ 51.89889°S 60.88889°W/-51.89889; -60.88889.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 asGreat Harbour.^[2]^[3]

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

States Bay, States Harbour, Canton Harbour and Swan Island (presentChatham Harbour,States Cove,Gull Harbour andWeddell Island) on a pre 1829 Falklands map byCharles Barnard
1841 Falkland Islands map byJohn Arrowsmith,fragment featuring Swan Island, States Harbour and Great Harbour (presentWeddell Island,States Coveand Gull Harbour)
Old map of Weddell Island featuring Gull Harbour
Map of Weddell Island

^Gull Harbour.Falkland Islands. GeoNames Geographical Database
^The Falkland Islands:Archived3 March 2018 at theWayback MachineSurveyed by Capt. Fitz Roy R.N. and the Officers of H.M. Ship Beagle, 1834. The Inner Bays from Port Harriet to the Eagle Passage are from the Surveys of Lt. Sulivan and W. Robinson R.N., 1838 & 1839. Scale ca. 1:404000 map. London: John Arrowsmith, 1841
^R.M. Martin, J. & F. Tallis.Falkland Islands and Patagonia.Scale 1:1200000 map. New York: J. & F. Tallis, 1851

B. Stonehouse (ed.).Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans.Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. 404 pp.ISBN 978-0-471-98665-2
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