Red Bay is not a sheltered harbour so ships at the pier were vulnerable to bad weather.
Because of the sheltered harbour, many people decided to settle in the immediate area.
This gives sea entrance to the crater itself, and makes a fine sheltered harbour.
It is a wooded coastal village with a deep and sheltered harbour.
It is the most northerly sheltered harbour on the island.
The port was developed into the sea by reclaiming land as there is no sheltered harbour.
Most of the houses in the community are built around the sheltered harbour.
Observed by a colony of seals, we landed in a natural sheltered harbour.
Sydney has traditionally been the main port, with various facilities in a large, sheltered, natural harbour.
A hillside location adjacent to a sheltered harbour form the natural characteristics of the community.