Murray Harbour (Antarctica)

Location of Pefaur (Ventimiglia) Peninsula on Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.

Murray Harbour is a small harbor lying east of Cape Murray on the north side of Murray Island, off the west coast of Pefaur (Ventimiglia) Peninsula on Danco Coast, Graham Land. The name was used by whalers in the area in 1922.

Map

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.

References

• SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Murray Harbour (Antarctica)" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

Coordinates: 64°21′S 61°35′W / 64.35°S 61.583°W / -64.35; -61.583

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