Hydrographers Cove

Hydrographers Cove (62°13′S 58°57′W / 62.217°S 58.950°W / -62.217; -58.950Coordinates: 62°13′S 58°57′W / 62.217°S 58.950°W / -62.217; -58.950) is a cove between the southwest side of Ardley Island and Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The approved name is a translation of the Russian "Bukhta Gidrografov" (bay of the hydrographers), applied in 1968 following Soviet Antarctic Expedition surveys from Bellingshausen Station.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Hydrographers Cove". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-07-05.

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