Spence Harbor

Spence Harbor (60°41′S 45°9′W / 60.683°S 45.150°W / -60.683; -45.150Coordinates: 60°41′S 45°9′W / 60.683°S 45.150°W / -60.683; -45.150) is a small bay 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of The Turret, along the east coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Discovered in December 1821 by Captain George Powell, a British sealer in the sloop Dove, who named the bay, and Captain Nathaniel Palmer, an American sealer in the sloop James Monroe.

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