For another location that formerly held this name, see Guantánamo Bay. For other locations with this name, see Robinson Crusoe Island and Plattsburgh Bay.
Central South Georgia: Cumberland Bay; Thatcher Peninsula with King Edward Cove (Grytviken); Allardyce Range with the summit Mt. Paget (NASA imagery).
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Cumberland Bay
Cumberland Bay is a bay, 4 miles (6.4 km) wide at its entrance between Larsen Point and Barff Point, which separates into two extensive arms, Cumberland West Bay and Cumberland East Bay, which recede inland 9 miles (14 km) along the northern coast of South Georgia. It was discovered and named in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook.
In the Second World War the whaling stations were closed except Grytviken and Leith Harbour. Most of the British and Norwegian whalers and factory ships were destroyed by German merchant raiders, and the remainder were called up to serve under Allied command. The resident British Magistrates (W. Barlas and A.I. Fleuret) attended to the island's defence throughout the War. The Royal Navy deployed the armed merchant cruiser Queen of Bermuda to patrol South Georgian and Antarctic waters, and deployed two four-inch guns to protect key approaches: at Grytviken to protect Cumberland Bay and at Leith Harbour to protect Stromness Bay. The batteries still survive. They were manned by volunteers from among the Norwegian whalers who were trained for the purpose.
CumberlandBay State Park is a 350-acre (1.4 km2) state park located in the Town of Plattsburgh in Clinton County, New York. The park is located on the...
Cumberland West Bay is a bay forming the western arm of CumberlandBay, South Georgia. It is entered southward of Larsen Point, where it is 2.5 miles (4 km)...
CumberlandBay Water Aerodrome (TC LID: CCB7) is located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) west southwest of CumberlandBay, New Brunswick, Canada. It...
Selkirk Island), with most of that in the town of San Juan Bautista at CumberlandBay on the island's north coast. The island was formerly known as Más a...
Plattsburgh Bay, also known as CumberlandBay, is an inlet on the western shore of Lake Champlain in Clinton County, New York. The bay is the location...
insertion of 3 SBS patrols at Hound Bay, who would then travel by land and Gemini inflatable boat across Cumberland East Bay and set up an OP at Brown Mountain...
conflict, the bay was referred to as Walthenham Harbor by British cartographers. The British expeditionary force renamed the bayCumberlandBay. They eventually...
300°W / -54.317; -36.300) is a peninsula forming the east margin of Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia Island. It is 8 miles (13 km) long and extends northwest...
(Spanish: Cordillera de San Telmo) is a mountain range rising south of CumberlandBay and dominating the central part of South Georgia, a UK overseas territory...
dramatic harbor placement and allow passengers on vessels entering New York Bay to experience a changing perspective on the statue as they proceeded toward...
terminates to the north in Mai Point, rising between Cumberland West Bay to the west, and Cumberland East Bay and Moraine Fjord to the east. It is bounded to...
Chalmers, M.; Clapperton, M.A. (1970). Geomorphology of the Stromness Bay – CumberlandBay area, South Georgia (PDF) (Report). British Antarctic Survey Scientific...
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