Arms of the British Antarctic Territory

Neko Harbour

(Andvord Bay)

British Antarctic Territory

Location: 64° 50' 18" S 62° 31' 58" W
NE side of Andvord Bay, Danco Coast, was roughly charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 12 February 1898; used as an anchorage by Chr. Salvesen's factory ship Neko (Capt. Sinclair) from Leith, Midlothian, in most seasons from 1911-12 to 1915-16, and from 1918-19 to 1923-24 (the ship was lost in July 1924); further charted by Ferguson in 1913 and named after the factory ship. An Argentine refuge hut was established on the SE point of the harbour, probably by the tugboat Chiriguano, 9 March 1949, and named 'Capitán Fliess' after Capt. (later Almte) F. Fliess; the hut was destroyed in 1951 but rebuilt in January 1952 for occasional occupation. The harbour was photographed from the air by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition, 1956-57.