Leith Harbour
Leith Harbour, also known as Port Leith, was a whaling station on the northeast coast of South Georgia, established and operated by Christian Salvesen Ltd, Edinburgh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Harley D. Nygren, Public domain.
- Type: Harbor
- Description: place in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Port Leith”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Coronda Peak and Mount Antell.
Coronda Peak
Peak
Coronda Peak is a peak over 610 metres high, standing north of Leith Harbour on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears on a chart showing the results of surveys by Discovery Investigations personnel in 1927 and 1929, and is probably after the SS Coronda whose captain was of assistance to the survey party.
Mount Antell
Peak
Mount Antell is a mountain rising above 610 metres, overlooking the north coast of South Georgia midway between Bjelland Point and Hercules Point. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Georg Antell, foreman of the South Georgia Whaling Company station at nearby Leith Harbour, 1913–39. Mount Antell is situated 3 km northwest of Leith Harbour.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Husvik.
Husvik
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Husvik is a former whaling station on the north-central coast of South Georgia Island. It was one of three such stations in Stromness Bay, the other two being Stromness and Leith Harbour. Husvik is situated 4½ km southwest of Leith Harbour.
Leith Harbour
- Category: transportation
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Leith Harbour” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “利斯港”
- Dutch: “Leith Harbour”
- French: “Leith Harbour”
- German: “Leith Harbor”
- German: “Leith Harbour”
- Italian: “Leith Harbour”
- Japanese: “リース港”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Leith Harbour”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Leith Harbour”
- Norwegian: “Leith Harbour”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Leþ Hæfen”
- Spanish: “Puerto Leith”
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Highlights include Stromness Harbour and Grass Island.
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