Name details

Cove Rock

Cove Rock (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Cove Rock  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108329

Feature type: Cove

Origin

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:

Narrative

low off-shore rock W of North Foreland, King George Island, was charted by DI in 1937 and called descriptively Cone Rock (Hill, 1937). Cove Rock, probably through error in transcription (BA, 1942, p.40; APC, 1955, p.8; DOS 610 sheet W 62 56, 1968). Rocher Cove (France. SHM, 1954, p.45). Roca Cove (Argentina. MM chart 104, 1949; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.86). Roca Bóveda [=cave rock] (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.199; Pierrou, 1970, p.213). Limit Rock (q.v.), in error (BA chart 3205, 15.iii.1957).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
61° 54' 03.3" S
-61.90092°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
57° 48' 10.8" W
-57.80300°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
8-Sep-1953

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