Aitken Cove (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Aitken Cove (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Cove
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
off Fitchie Bay, Laurie Island, was surveyed by SNAE, 22 and 30 September 1903, and named after A.N.G. Aitken, of Aitken and Methuen, solicitors to the expedition (Bruce and others, chart, [1903c]; BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.4). Apedale Cove after Mr Apedale, Scottish chartered accountant, assistant to T.B. Whitson (Cape Whitson, q.v.) and H. Methuen (Methuen Cove, q.v.), financial managers of the expedition (Bruce, 1903-04, p.70), or Methuen Cove (Pirie, 1913, Pl. 1; BA, 1916, p.410). Caleta Aitken (Argentina. MM, 1945, p.278: Pierrou, 1970, p.153). Puerto Aitken (Argentina, 1953, p.190).
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