Harbor
Encyclopedia : H : HA : HAR : Harbor
- For information about compiler for the Clipper programming language see Harbour compiler
|
|
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.
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.
During the D-Day operations of 1944, two artificial harbors (codenamed Mulberry) were built just off the invasion beaches.
Natural harbors
A natural harbor is a landform where a body of water forms a harbor. 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.Ice-free harbors
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 or Halifax (Canada).
Notable harbors
The following places are large natural harbours:- San Francisco Bay in the United States
- Mumbai in India
- Charleston in the United States
- Boston in the United States
- Kingston, in Jamaica
- Sydney Harbour in Australia
- Manila Bay in the Philippines
- Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara Bay, in Brazil
- Bahia, Salvador, in Brazil
- Halifax in Canada
- Cork in the Republic of Ireland
- Falmouth in Cornwall, the United Kingdom
- Poole Harbour in Dorset, the United Kingdom
- Freetown Harbour in Sierra Leone
- Pearl Harbor, west of Honolulu, Hawaii
- Oslofjord, Norway
Other notable harbors include:
- Hampton Roads in Virginia, United States
- Keppel Harbour in Singapore
- Upper New York Bay in New York Harbor, United States
- Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China (see also List of harbours in Hong Kong)
- Manukau Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand
- Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand
- Trondheim, Norway
- Tromsø, Norway
- Portland Harbour in Dorset, England
See also
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.