Harpon Bay
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Harpon Bay () is a bay 1 mi wide, lying just east of Mercer Bay in the south part of Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia. First mapped by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04, under Otto Nordenskjöld. Surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951-57, and named by the UK-APC for a cargo vessel of Compañía Argentina de Pesca, Grytviken, since 1922.
This article incorporates text from Harpon Bay, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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