Arthur Harbour is a small harbour

Harbor

A harbor or harbour , or haven, is a place where ships, boats, and barges can seek shelter from stormy weather, or else are stored for future use. Harbors can be natural or artificial...

 entered between Bonaparte Point

Bonaparte Point

Bonaparte Point or Roland Bonaparte Point is a narrow point at the south side of Arthur Harbor on the southwest coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Bonaparte Point is located at . Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for Prince Roland...

 and Norsel Point

Norsel Point

Norsel Point is a rocky point on the northwest side of Arthur Harbor, on the west end of Amsler Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Norsel Point is located at . Norsel Point was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955...

 on the southwest coast of Anvers Island

Anvers Island

Anvers Island or Antwerp Island or Antwerpen Island or Isla Amberes is a high, mountainous island long, which is the largest feature in the Palmer Archipelago, lying southwest of Brabant Island at the southwestern end of the group. Anvers Island is located at...

 in the Palmer Archipelago

Palmer Archipelago

Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula....

. The harbour is located at 64°46′S 64°04′W.

Arthur Harbour was roughly charted by the French Antarctic Expedition

French Antarctic Expedition

French Antarctic Expedition refers to several French expeditions in Antarctica.-First expedition:Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was a French explorer....

 (1903–1905) under Jean-Baptiste Charcot. It was surveyed in more detail in 1955 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who established a station near the head of the harbour.

Arthur Harbour was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1956 after Oswald Raynor Arthur

Oswald Raynor Arthur

Sir Raynor Arthur was a British colonial administrator.Arthur was the son of Sigismund Arthur and Constance Hobhouse...

, then Governor of the Falkland Islands

Governor of the Falkland Islands

The Governor of the Falkland Islands is the representative of the British Crown in the Falkland Islands, acting "in Her Majesty's name and on Her Majesty's behalf" as the islands' de facto head of state in the absence of the British monarch...

.