Giffard Cove

Giffard Cove (64°37′S 61°42′W / 64.617°S 61.700°W / -64.617; -61.700) is a cove 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) wide in the west side of Charlotte Bay, along the west coast of Graham Land. Charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Henri Giffard (1825–1882), French engineer who constructed and flew the first truly navigable balloon (dirigible airship), in 1852.[1]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Giffard Cove


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