Port Jackson, Sydney, Australia

A harbor or harbour (see spelling differences), or haven, is a place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored. Harbors can be man-made or natural. A man-made harbor will have sea walls or breakwaters and may require dredging. A natural harbor is surrounded on most sides by land. A harbor or harbour (see spelling differences), or haven, is a place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (864x512, 234 KB)This is an image I took myself using an Olympus C8080W digital camera. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (864x512, 234 KB)This is an image I took myself using an Olympus C8080W digital camera. ... For other uses, see Port Jackson (disambiguation). ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... Spelling differences redirects here. ... For the geological process, see Weathering or Erosion. ... Breakwaters create safe harbors, but can also trap sediment moving along the coast. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Harbors and ports are often confused. A port is a man-made coastal or riverine facility where boats and ships can load and unload. It may consist of quays, wharfs, jetties, piers and slipways with cranes or ramps. A port may have magazine buildings or warehouses for storage of goods and a transport system, such as railway, road transport or pipeline transport facilities for relaying goods inland. For other uses, see Port (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Coast (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Boat (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Ship (disambiguation). ... A quay, pronounced key, kay, is a wharf or bank where ships and other vessels are loaded. ... Metung Wharf on Bancroft Bay, Gippsland Lakes, Victoria, Australia A wharf is a fixed platform, commonly on pilings, roughly parallel to and alongside navigable water, where ships are loaded and unloaded. ... Alternate meanings: See Jetty (web server) Alternate meanings: See Jettying in buildings The term jetty, derived from the French jetie, and therefor signifying something thrown out, is applied to a variety of structures employed in river, dock and maritime works which are generally carried out in pairs from river banks... For architectural piers, see Pier (architecture). ... A slipway inside the Cobb at Lyme Regis, England A slipway, boat slip or just a slip, is a ramp on the shore by which ships or boats can be moved to and from the water. ... A modern crawler type derrick crane with outriggers. ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... Disruptions in organized traffic flow can create delays lasting hours. ... An elevated section of the Alaska Pipeline. ...

Natural harbors

A natural harbor is a landform where a part of a body of water is protected and deep enough to furnish anchorage. Natural harbors have long been of great strategic and economic importance. Many of the great cities of the world are located on a natural harbor. Having a protected harbour reduces or eliminates the use of breakwaters as it will result in calmer waves inside the harbour. A landform comprises a geomorphological unit, and is largely defined by its surface form and location in the landscape, as part of the terrain, and as such, is typically an element of topography. ... Lulworth Cove in Dorset, England (Great Britain) A fjord (Lysefjorden) in Norway River Gambia flowing through Niokolokoba National Park Port Jackson, Sydney, Australia A tide pool on Gabriola Island, British Columbia showing ochre sea stars A body of water is any significant accumulation of water such as an ocean, a... This article is about real and historical warfare. ... Economics (deriving from the Greek words οίκω [okos], house, and νέμω [nemo], rules hence household management) is the social science that studies the allocation of scarce resources to satisfy unlimited wants. ...

Ice-free harbors

Main article: Ice-free port

For harbors near the poles, being ice-free is an important advantage, ideally all-year round. Examples are Murmansk (Russia), Petsamo (Russia, formerly Finland), Hammerfest, Vardø, and Prince Rupert (Canada). The southern-most harbor, at Antarctica's Winter Quarters Bay (77°50′S), presents a potentially ice-free harbor, dependant on summer pack ice conditions.^[1] A warm water port is a port where the water does not freeze (rendering it unusable) in the winter. ... A warm water port is a port where the water does not freeze (rendering it unusable) in the winter. ... Murmansk coin Murmansk (Russian: ; Finnish: (archaic); Northern Sami: ; Skolt Sami: ) is a city in the extreme northwest part of Russia with a seaport on the Kola Bay, 12 km from the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, not far from Russias borders with Norway and... The area of Petsamo (Pechenga in Russian) in northern Lapland, indigenously inhabited by Samis, came to Finland in 1920 and to the Soviet Union in 1944. ... County Finnmark District Municipality NO-2004 Administrative centre Hammerfest Mayor (2006) Kristine Jørstad Bock (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 129 849 km² 819 km² 0. ... County Finnmark Landscape Municipality NO-2002 Administrative centre Vardø Mayor (2003) Rolf Einar Mortensen (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 183 600 km² 586 km² 0. ... Prince Rupert Harbour BC Coast, showing Prince Rupert and Vancouver Orthographic projection centred over Prince Rupert Prince Rupert Harbour is a large natural harbour on the Pacific Coast of British Columbia, Canada. ... Winter Quarters Bays use as a seaport began in 1901 with Robert F. Scotts Discovery Expedition Winter Quarters Bay is a small cove of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, located 2,200 miles (3,500 km) due south of New Zealand at 77°50S. The harbor is the southern... An icebreaker navigates some through young (1 year) sea ice Sea ice is formed from ocean water that freezes. ...

Temporary harbors

St. John's harbour, Newfoundland

Sometimes a harbor is needed where one isn't available due to damage, such as in times of war. In this case a temporary harbor may be built and transported in pieces to the location. The most notable of these were the two Mulberry harbours used during the D-Day invasion of Normandy in World War II. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1953x597, 1148 KB) St. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1953x597, 1148 KB) St. ... St. ... A Mulberry harbour was a type of temporary harbour developed in World War II to offload cargo on the beaches during the Allied invasion of Normandy. ... Belligerents Western Allies Nazi Germany Commanders Dwight Eisenhower (Supreme Allied Commander) Arthur Tedder (Deputy Supreme Allied Commander) Bernard Montgomery (Ground Forces Commander in Chief) Trafford Leigh-Mallory (Air Commander in Chief) Bertram Ramsay (Naval Commander in Chief) Gerd von Rundstedt (OB WEST) Erwin Rommel (Heeresgruppe B) Strength 1,452,000... For other uses, see Normandy (disambiguation). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

Notable harbors

The tiny harbour at the village of Clovelly, Devon, England

The following are large natural harbors: The tiny harbour at the village of Clovelly, North Devon, England. ... The tiny harbour at the village of Clovelly, North Devon, England. ... Clovelly is a village on the north Devon coast, England near Bideford. ... For other uses, see Devon (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

• Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
• Salvador, Brazil
• Baltimore's Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Boston Harbor, United States
• Charleston, United States
• Cork Harbour, Republic of Ireland
• Durban, South Africa
• Falmouth, Cornwall, England
• Freetown Harbour, Sierra Leone
• Grand Harbour, Malta
• Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia Canada
• Kingston, Jamaica
• Manila Bay, Philippines
• Mumbai, India
• New York Harbor, United States
• Gothenburg, Sweden
• Oslofjord, Norway
• Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Plymouth Sound, Devon, England
• Poole Harbour, Dorset, England
• Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia
• Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara Bay, Brazil
• San Francisco Bay, United States
• San Diego Bay, San Diego, California
• Port Jackson, Australia
• Tokyo Bay, Tokyo, Japan
• Vancouver, Canada
• Wellington Harbour, New Zealand
• Aberdeen Harbour,Scotland

Artificial harbors are frequently built for use as ports. The largest artificially created harbor is in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Salvador and Baía de Todos os Santos from space, April 1997 Salvador (in full, São Salvador da Baía de Todos os Santos, or in literal translation: Holy Savior of All Saints Bay) is a city on the northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the northeastern... The Inner Harbor is a historic seaport, tourist attraction, and iconic landmark of the City of Baltimore. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Monument City, Charm City, Mob Town, B-more Motto: Get In On It (formerly The City That Reads and The Greatest City in America; BELIEVE is not the official motto but rather a specific campaign) Location Location of Baltimore in Maryland Coordinates , Government Country State County United... Official language(s) None (English, de facto) Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Largest metro area Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area Area  Ranked 42nd  - Total 12,407 sq mi (32,133 km²)  - Width 101 miles (145 km)  - Length 249 miles (400 km)  - % water 21  - Latitude 37° 53′ N to 39° 43′ N... Categories: Stub | Massachusetts geography | Boston ... Nickname: Motto: Aedes Mores Juraque Curat (She cares for her temples, customs, and rights) Location of Charleston in South Carolina. ... Cork Harbour is the second largest natural harbour in the world by navigational area. ... Durban is a vibrant cosmopolitian city in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. ... Falmouth (Cornish: Aberfal) is a seaport on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, UK. It is both a town and a civil parish. ... For other uses, see Cornwall (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For other places with the same name, see Freetown (disambiguation). ... Grand Harbour (in Maltese: Il-Port il-Kbir) is a natural harbour on the island of Malta. ... Halifax Harbour, October 13, 2006. ... Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (Latin: One defends and the other conquers) Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Regional Municipality Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor Mayann E. Francis Premier Rodney MacDonald (PC) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 11 Senate seats 10 Confederation July 1, 1867... The City of Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica. ... Photography sunset in Bay City, Pasay (near SM Mall of Asia) Manila Bay is one of the finest natural harbors in the world which serves the port of Manila (on Luzon), in the Philippines. ... , Bombay redirects here. ... New York Harbor, a geographic term, refers collectively to the rivers, bays, and tidal estuaries near the mouth of the Hudson River in the vicinity of New York City. ... For other uses, see Gothenburg (disambiguation). ... The Oslofjord (Oslofjorden) is a bay in the south-east of Norway, stretching from Færder in the south to Oslo at the head. ... This article is about the harbor in Hawaii. ... Honolulu as seen from the International Space Station Honolulu is the largest city and the capital of the U.S. state of Hawai‘i. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Map of the UK showing the location of Plymouth Sound at 50. ... For other uses, see Devon (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Poole Harbour is a harbour in Dorset, southern England, with the towns of Poole and Wareham on its shores. ... Dorset (pronounced DOR-sit or [dÉ”.sÉ™t], and sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the south-west of England, on the English Channel coast. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Landsat 7 composite imagery of the bay. ... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Area 237,629 km² (6th)  - Land 227,416 km²  - Water 10,213 km² (4. ... This article is about the Brazilian city. ... Satellite image of Guanabara Bay In Portuguese, Baía da Guanabara is an oceanic bay located in southeastern Brazil in the state of Rio de Janeiro. ... San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Golden Gate San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. ... San Diego Bay and Coronado Bridge at night San Diego Bay is a natural harbor adjacent to San Diego, California. ... San Diego redirects here. ... For other uses, see Port Jackson (disambiguation). ... Tokyo Bay from space Tokyo Bay ) is a bay in the southern Kantō region of Japan. ... For other uses, see Tokyo (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Vancouver (disambiguation). ... Wellington Habour is the large natural habour at the south-eastern tip of the North Island, on which New Zealands capital stands. ... For the harbour serving the Scottish city of Aberdeen, see Transport in Aberdeen. ... This article is about the country. ... Nickname: Motto: Sterker door strijd (Stronger through Struggle) Location of Rotterdam Coordinates: , Country Province Government  - Mayor Ivo Opstelten  - Aldermen Jeannette Baljeu Hamit Karakus Orhan Kaya Lucas Bolsius Jantine Kriens Dominic Schrijer Roelf de Boer Leonard Geluk Area [1]  - Total 319 km² (123. ... Motto: Je Maintiendrai (Dutch: Ik zal handhaven, English: I Shall Uphold) Anthem: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Capital Amsterdam1 Largest city Amsterdam Official language(s) Dutch2 Government Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Beatrix  - Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende Independence Eighty Years War   - Declared July 26, 1581   - Recognised January 30, 1648 (by Spain...

The busiest harbor is the twin Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in the United States. General Information Founded December 9, 1907 Coordinates  - Latitude  - Longitude 33º4239 N 118º1459 W Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 7500 acres 4200 acres 3300 acres Available Berths 270 Vessel Arrivals 2,813 (FY 2004) Annual container volume 7. ... The Port of Long Beach is the second busiest seaport in the United States and the tenth busiest port in the world. ...

Capri harbour, Italy seen from Anacapri

Other notable harbors include: Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (2288 × 1712 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (2288 × 1712 pixel, file size: 2. ... For other uses, see Capri (disambiguation). ... Anacapri is a Community on the island of Capri, in the province of Naples, Italy. ...

• Port of Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium
• Port of Bruges-Zeebrugge, Flanders, Belgium
• Hamburg Harbour, Germany
• Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States
• Keppel Harbour, Singapore
• Victoria Harbour Hong Kong, People's Republic of China (see also List of harbours in Hong Kong)
• Kaohsiung, Taiwan
• Keelung, Taiwan
• New Haven Harbor, United States
• Manukau Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand
• Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand
• Trondheim, Norway
• Portland Harbour, Dorset, England
• Belém, Brazil
• Kahului, Hawaii

The port of Antwerp is a capesize port in the heart of Europe. ... For other uses, see Flanders (disambiguation). ... Satellite image of Bruges and the Port of Zeebrugge Post-Panamax-Containership CMA CGM BALZAC in PSA HNN-Terminal The Port of Bruges-Zeebrugge (Port of Zeebrugge) is a large container, bulk cargo, new vehicles, and passenger ferry terminal port in the municipality of Bruges, Flanders, Belgium, handling over 30... For other uses, see Flanders (disambiguation). ... Landungsbrücken (“Jetties”), in St. ... This view from space in July 1996 shows portions of each of the Seven Cities of Hampton Roads which generally surround the harbor area of Hampton Roads, which framed by the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel visible to the east (right), the Virginia Peninsula subregion to the north (top), and the... This article is about the U.S. state. ... About Keppel Harbor in Singapore is one of the worlds largest container-handling facilities, situated near to the City states Central Business District. ... Victoria Harbour The night view of the Victoria Harbour with the skyscrapers in Central behind, viewed from Tsim Sha Tsui Victoria Harbour (Traditional Chinese: 維多利亞港; Simplified Chinese: 维多利亚港; Cantonese Jyutping: wai4 do1 lei6 aa3 gong2; Mandarin Pinyin: Wéiduōlìyà GÇŽng) is the harbour between the Kowloon Peninsula and the... The following is a list of harbours in Hong Kong: Victoria Harbour (維多利亞港), (維港) Aberdeen Harbour (香港仔海港) Double Haven (印洲塘) Port Shelter (牛尾海) Inner Port Shelter (西貢海) Tolo Harbour (吐露港) Tai Tam Harbour (大潭港) Rocky Harbour (糧船灣海) Three Fathoms Cove (企嶺下海) See also List of buildings, sites, and areas in... Nickname: Coordinates: , Country Region City seat Lingya District (苓雅區) Government  - Mayor Chen Chu (陳菊) Area  - Total 154 km² (59. ... Keelung City (Traditional Chinese: 基隆; Hanyu Pinyin: JÄ«lóng; Tongyong Pinyin: Jilóng; Wade-Giles: Chi-lung; POJ: Ke-lâng) is a provincial city of Taiwan, Republic of China. ... New Haven Harbor is an inlet on the north side of Long Island Sound in the state of Connecticut in the United States. ... Location of Manukau Harbour. ... For other uses, see Auckland (disambiguation). ... Location of Kaipara Harbour The Kaipara Harbour is an inlet of the Tasman Sea located near the base of the North Auckland Peninsula on the western side of the North Island of New Zealand. ... County District Municipality NO-1601 Administrative centre Trondheim Mayor (2003-) Rita Ottervik (AP) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 258 342 km² 322 km² 0. ... Two RIBs at Castletown, Portland Harbour Portland Harbour is located beside the Isle of Portland, off Dorset, on the south coast of England. ... Dorset (pronounced DOR-sit or [dÉ”.sÉ™t], and sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the south-west of England, on the English Channel coast. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Nickname: Local da cidade de Belém, no estado do Pará State Pará County Belém Government  - Mayor Duciomar Gomes da Costa Area  - City 1,070 km²  (413. ... Kahului is the largest town on the Hawaiian island of Maui and is located along the north shore of central Maui. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ...

See also

• Dock
• Dockyard
• Ice pier
• Marina, List of Marinas
• Port
• Quay
• Seaport, List of seaports
• Wharf
• Boyd's Automatic tide signalling apparatus

St Petersburg Docks in the early morning smog. ... Small shipyard in Klaksvík (Faroe Islands), reparing fishing vessels Dockyards and shipyards are places which repair and build ships. ... Severe cracks in an ice pier in use for four seasons at McMurdo Station slowed cargo operations in 1983 and proved to be a safety hazard. ... A small marina at Brixham, Devon, England. ... // Melbourne Metropolitan & Port Phillip VicUrban Marina, New Quay, Melbourne Docklands YE Marina, Yarras Edge, Melbourne Docklands Waterfront City Marina, Melbourne Docklands St Kilda Marina, St Kilda, Victoria Pier 35 Marina, Port Melbourne Sandringham Yacht Club Marina, Sandringham, Victoria Brighton Yacht Club Marina, Brighton, Victoria Parsons Marina, Williamstown Anchorage Marina... For other uses, see Port (disambiguation). ... A quay, pronounced key, kay, is a wharf or bank where ships and other vessels are loaded. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Port. ... This is a list of the worlds seaports: // Accra, Ghana A Coruña, Spain Banana, Democratic Republic of the Congo Barranquilla, Colombia Belém, Brazil Bergen, Norway Bilbao, Spain Bodø, Norway Boston, Massachusetts, United States Botwood, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Bridgetown, Barbados Brunswick, Georgia, United States Buenos Aires, Argentina... Metung Wharf on Bancroft Bay, Gippsland Lakes, Victoria, Australia A wharf is a fixed platform, commonly on pilings, roughly parallel to and alongside navigable water, where ships are loaded and unloaded. ... The Automatic tide signalling apparatus at Irvine harbour in North Ayrshire, Scotland, is probably unique, having been invented and patented by Martin Boyd, the Irvine harbourmaster, in 1905 and opened in 1906. ...

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