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Palmer Archipelago

Port Lockroy (Goudier Island) and Jougla Point

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

FossilsFossils
Wreck timberWreck timber

Also reported: Base A hut; look only.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS photo (Public domain).

Why this spot

1911-1931 whaling, 1944 Operation Tabarin Base A

Whaling harbour from 1911 to 1931 and the 1944 Operation Tabarin Base A; the restored hut is HSM 61 run by the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust, with whale bones at the old flensing sites on Jougla Point.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

coldIce, penguin colony exclusion zones

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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