Jason Harbour
Jason Harbour is a bay 1 mile wide, lying west of Allen Bay in the north side of Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia. It was charted and named by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Otto Nordenskiöld.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Also known as: “Jason Harbor”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jason Peak and Justa Peak.
Jason Peak
Peak
Jason Peak is a peak, 675 metres high, lying 1 mile west of Jason Harbour on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1929 British Admiralty chart.
Justa Peak
Peak
Justa Peak is a peak, 495 metres high, lying southwest of Busen Point on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1929 British Admiralty chart.
Diamond Peak
Peak
Diamond Peak is a peak rising to 610 m west of Jason Harbor, Cumberland West Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. Charted and named by DI between 1925 and 1929. This article incorporates public domain material from…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Husvik and Leith Harbour.
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.
Leith Harbour
Village
Photo: Harley D. Nygren, Public domain.
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.
Jason Harbour
- Category: body of water
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-54.19818° or 54° 11′ 53″ southLongitude
-36.5749° or 36° 34′ 30″ westOpen location code
39Q5RC2G+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 9097325414OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
3426426Wikidata ID
Q6162656
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Jason Harbour” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “賈森港”
- German: “Jason Harbour”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jason Harbour”
- Spanish: “Bahia Jason”
- Spanish: “Bahía Jason”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lagoon Point and The Split Pin.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Parsens Peak and Foster Peak.
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