New Harbour is a

bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a Gulf (geography), gulf, sea, sound (geography), sound, or bight (geogra ...

about wide between

Cape Bernacchi Cape Bernacchi () is a rocky cape between Bernacchi Bay and New Harbour on the coast of Victoria Land Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward fr ...

and Butter Point along the coast of

Victoria Land Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. I ...

, due west of

Ross Island Ross Island is an island formed by four volcanoes in the Ross Sea near the continent of Antarctica, off the coast of Victoria Land in McMurdo Sound. Ross Island lies within the boundaries of Ross Dependency, an area of Antarctica claimed by N ...

. It was discovered by the

British National Antarctic Expedition The ''Discovery'' Expedition of 1901–1904, known officially as the British National Antarctic Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since the voyage of James Clark Ross sixty years earlier (1839–18 ...

(1901–04) and so named because this new harbor was found while the ''Discovery'' was seeking the farthest possible southern anchorage along the coast of Victoria Land. The Ferrar Glacier flows into the bay, which overlooked by Mount Barnes, which sits at the eastern end of the Kukri Hills range.

Wales Stream Wales Stream () is a meltwater stream that drains from Wales Glacier to Explorers Cove in New Harbour, Victoria Land. The name was used by New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. ...

carries water from

Wales Glacier Wales Glacier () is a short alpine glacier just west of Mount Barnes at the east end of the Kukri Hills. It drains through Wales Stream, north into Taylor Valley in Victoria Land Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts th ...

into Explorers Cove, which indents the harbor at its northwest head. Explorers Cove was named in 1976 by the

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...

(US-ACAN) in recognition of the large number of explorers that have worked in the vicinity of this cove. Quinn Gully, an ice-free gully at the lower end of

Taylor Valley Taylor Valley is the southernmost of the three large McMurdo Dry Valleys in the Transantarctic Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica, located west of McMurdo Sound at approximately . The valley extends from Taylor Glacier in the west to McMurdo ...

, descends to the seashore here. On the north side of the entrance is McClintock Point, named by US-ACAN in 1997 for

James B. McClintock James B. McClintock (born Ann Arbor, MI) is an American professor of biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and studies various aspects of marine biology in Antarctica. He is an authority on the effects of climate change in Antarct ...

, who studied the benthos of McMurdo Sound west of

and along the coast from Granite Harbour to

Cape Chocolate Cape Chocolate () is a small, dark cape forming the south side of Salmon Bay on the coast of Victoria Land. It is made up of morainic material from the west margin of the Koettlitz Glacier. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expe ...

. Baker Point is a headland at the south side of the cove's entrance. It was named by US-ACAN after

Bill James Baker Bill(s) may refer to: Common meanings * Banknote, paper cash (especially in the United States) * Bill (law), a proposed law put before a legislature * Invoice, commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer * Bill, a bird or animal's beak Plac ...

, who has conducted underwater research in several areas of McMurdo Sound.

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Bays of Victoria Land Scott Coast Ports and harbours of the Ross Dependency {{ScottCoast-geo-stub

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