Harvey Shoals
The Harvey Shoals are three shoal patches with least depths of 3 fathoms, located between Miller Island and Northstar Island in Marguerite Bay, Antarctica.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bear Island and Reference Islands.
Bear Island
Island
Bear Island or Isla Teniente González is a rocky island lying 1.9 kilometres west of Stonington Island in Marguerite Bay, off the coast of Graham Land. Bear Island is situated 2½ km east of Harvey Shoals.
Reference Islands
Islet
Northeast Glacier is a steep, heavily crevassed glacier, 13 nautical miles long and 5 nautical miles wide at its mouth, which flows from McLeod Hill westward and then south-westwards into Marguerite Bay between the Debenham Islands and Roman Four Promontory, on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.
Runaway Island
Islet
Runaway Island is a rocky island 0.7 nautical miles west of the west tip of Neny Island and 0.2 nautical miles northwest of surf rock, lying in Marguerite Bay off the west coast of Graham Land. Runaway Island is situated 2½ km southeast of Harvey Shoals.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Base.
East Base
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East Base on Stonington Island is the oldest American research station in Antarctica, having been commissioned by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939. The station was built as part of two US wintering expeditions – United States Antarctic Service Expedition and Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition. East Base is situated 6 km east of Harvey Shoals.
Harvey Shoals
- Type: Water
- Categories: island and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Harvey Shoals” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Harvey Shoals”
- German: “Harvey Shoals”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Harvey Shoals”
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Highlights include Northstar Island and Estrella del Norte, Islotes.
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