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Whalers Bay is a small bay entered between Fildes Point and Penfold Point at the east side of Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. The bay was so named by the French Antarctic Expedition , 1908–10, under Charcot, because of its use at that time by whalers .
Whale Cove (ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ in Inuktitut syllabics) (Tikirarjuaq, meaning "long point"), is a hamlet located 74 km (46 mi) south southwest of Rankin Inlet, 145 km (90 mi) northeast of Arviat, in the Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada, on the western shore of Hudson Bay.
Just inside Neptune's Bellows lies the cove Whalers Bay, which is bordered by a large black sand beach. Several maars line the inside rim of the caldera, with some containing crater lakes (including one named Crater Lake). Others form bays within the harbour, such as the 1 km (0.6 mi) wide Whalers Bay.
Whale Cove, south of Depoe Bay, Oregon, colorized aerial photograph The Jonucus Hondius map of 1589 of Drake's New Albion cove Whale Cove is a small cove , approximately one-third of a mile (0.5 km) in diameter, located on the Pacific Coast of Oregon in the United States , approximately 1.4 mi (2.3 km) south of the city of Depoe Bay . [ 1 ]
A map of the “Crawdads” coastal setting, including the marsh, is available at the front of every “Crawdads” book and at the bottom of this page on author Owens’ website: deliaowens.com ...
In 1862, Antonio Victorine, a Portuguese whaler from the Azores, arrived at Point Lobos, following the whale population. About fifty to seventy family members lived at Whaler's Cove. The men spotted whales from Whaler's Knoll and then rowed off shore about 1 mile (1.6 km) in 24-foot boats to harpoon the whales. They towed the whales back to Pt.
Paradise Harbour) is a wide embayment behind Lemaire Island and Bryde Island, indenting the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica, between Duthiers Point and Leniz The name was first applied by whalers operating in the vicinity and was in use by 1920.
Yankee Harbour was known to both American sealers and the British (who called it Hospital Cove) as early as 1820, and this name is now established in international usage. Port Foster , the crater harbour of Deception Island , has at times also been referred to as Yankee Harbour.