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Calshot Harbour
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Calshot Harbour (named after the Hampshire village which housed Tristanians between 1961-3 after the enforced evacuation following the volcanic eruption), was first opened in 1967. It cannot accommodate any ocean-going vessels or yachts, which must anchor some distance off the coast. Local craft ferry passengers & supplies to be offloaded in the harbour.

< Big Beach
was used as a landing to offload boats until it was destroyed by lava in 1961.

Anchorage>
Fishing Boat MV Tristania approaching the anchorage in 1982

< 1970 Harbour
Roland Svensson's 1978 stamp design of Calshot Harbour, opened in 1967.

Wave Attack >
The harbour is shallow & even modest waves beak here, closing it on most days a year.
Photo by Janice Hentley
< Modern Harbour
Extended & improved but still inadequate despite locally made 'dolosse' breakwaters.
> New Site Rejected
Little Beach Lagoon has been surveyed as a potential new harbour site, but would have cost £21 million & is now abandoned.
Photos: James Glass
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