Bahia Buen Suceso

For the Argentine navy ship, see ARA Bahía Buen Suceso.

Bahía Buen Suceso is a small bay in Argentina's Tierra del Fuego province. It is known in English as Bay of Good Success, Bay of Success and Success Bay. It is located on the western shore of Le Maire Strait, which separates Tierra del Fuego and Isla de los Estados (Staten Island).

The bay was named during the Garcia de Nodal expedition of 1618-1619 after the caravel Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso.[1] The bay was used as a watering point by Cook on his first[2] and second[3] voyages; by King[4] in 1830 and by Fitzroy and Darwin[5] during the second voyage of HMS Beagle in December 1832.

According to King:[6]

Good Success Bay is an excellent anchorage for vessels of any size to stop in for wood or water; but it would not answer if a vessel required to lie steady for repair, as a swell frequently rolls in. It is quite safe, yet, in the winter season, when easterly gales are common, no vessel should anchor so near the head of the bay as she might in summer; for heavy rollers at times (though rarely) set in. Fish we did not try to get, not having spare time, and only a few birds were shot.

References

  1. ^ Pester, Ben (2004). Through the Land of Fire: Fifty-Six South. Sheridan House. ISBN 1574092022.
  2. ^ Cook, James (2000). The Journals of Captain Cook (abridged). Penguin. ISBN 978-0140436471., entry for 17 Dec 1832
  3. ^ Cook, entry for December 1774
  4. ^ King, P. P. (1839), FitzRoy, Robert (ed.), Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Proceedings of the first expedition, 1826-30, under the command of Captain P. Parker King, R.N., F.R.S., vol. I, London: Henry Colburn, entries for 24 May and 4 June 1830.
  5. ^ Darwin, Charles (1839), Journal and remarks. 1832–1836., London: Henry Colburn (The Voyage of the Beagle), entry for 17 December 1832
  6. ^ King, p456

54°47′59″S 65°15′48″W / 54.79972°S 65.26333°W / -54.79972; -65.26333

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