Whitby Whalebones and view to Whitby Abbey. On the West Cliff are the statue of Captain James Cook and the Whalebone Arch.

James Cook was the great British explorer and navigator, whose voyages led to valuable scientific and geographical discoveries, and the harbour is the Captain Cook Memorial Museum, a 17th-century house where the captain served his apprenticeship. The Whalebone Arch is a reminder of the whaling industry of early Whitby.