Perseverance Harbour

Perseverance Harbour
Perseverance Harbour
Location	Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku
Coordinates	52°33′07″S169°11′42″E / 52.552°S 169.195°E / -52.552; 169.195

Map of Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku

Perseverance Harbour, also known as South harbour, is a large indentation in the coast of Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku, one of New Zealand's subantarctic outlying islands. The harbour is a long lateral fissure which reaches the ocean in the island's southeast, and is overlooked by the island's highest point, Mount Honey. The Campbell Island Meteorological Station lies at the western end of the harbour. ^[1]

On 4 November 1810, the island's discoverer, Captain Frederick Hasselborough (or "Hasselburgh" or "Hasselburg"; there are several spellings), who had returned from Sydney, was drowned in Perseverance Harbour, together with Elizabeth Farr, a young woman born at Norfolk Island, and a 12/13 year old Sydney boy, George Allwright. ^[2]

References

1. G.P. Glasby (7 February 1989). Antarctic Sector of the Pacific. Elsevier. pp. 295–. ISBN   978-0-08-087089-2 . Retrieved 29 June 2013.
2. Peter Entwisle (2005). Taka: A Vignette Life of William Tucker 1784-1817 : Convict, Sealer, Trader in Human Heads, Otago Settler, New Zealand's First Art Dealer. Port Daniel Press. pp. 73–. ISBN   978-0-473-10098-8 . Retrieved 29 June 2013.