Arms of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Larsen Harbour

(Drygalski Fjord)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Location: 54° 50' 19" S 36° 0' 41" W
SW side of Drygalski Fjord, was charted by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1911-12, and named Larsen-Hafen, after Capt. Carl Anton Larsen (1860-1924), Norwegian explorer and whaler; Master of Jason, which visited the Falkland Islands Dependencies, 1892-93 and 1893-94; Master of Antarctica on the Swedish Antarctic Expedition; Manager of the Grytviken whaling station, 1906-14. The harbour was re-charted by Discovery Investigations in 1927 and used with Undine Harbour as an extreme point for fixing the position of South Georgia.