Paradise Harbour
The National Geographic Endeavour passing through Paradise Harbour, February 2001
Paradise Harbour is located in Antarctica
Paradise Harbour
Paradise Harbour
Location in Antarctica
LocationAntarctic Peninsula
Coordinates64°49′S 62°52′W / 64.817°S 62.867°W / -64.817; -62.867
Map of Gerlache Strait region, showing Paradise Harbour. Cartographic base: Antarctic Digital Database www.add.scar.org/
View of the ocean and its Antarctic sea ice

Paradise Harbour, also known as Paradise Bay, is a wide embayment behind Lemaire and Bryde Islands in Antarctica, indenting the west coast of Graham Land between Duthiers and Leniz Points. The name was first applied by whalers operating in the vicinity and was in use by 1920. Argentina's Almirante Brown Antarctic Base stands on the coast of the bay, as does Chile's González Videla Antarctic Base.

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 pre-IGY activity in Antarctica. It has been designated a Historic Site or Monument (HSM 30), following a proposal by Chile to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "List of Historic Sites and Monuments approved by the ATCM (2012)" (PDF). Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2012. Retrieved 2013-10-28.

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