Name details

Emma Cove

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108680

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

on S side of Cape Lindsey (q.v.), Elephant Island, was called Rodman Cove after Benjamin Rodman of New Bedford, Mass., owner of whaling ships operating from that port in the 1820s and 1830s (Martin, 1940, map p.542; USHO, 1943, p87; Alberts, 1977, p46). Redman [sic] Cove (USAAF chart 1737, 1946). Caleta Rodman (Argentina. MM chart 125, 1957; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.245). The cove was surveyed by JSEEI in December 1970 and named after Emma, a British ship chartered by Shackleton from Punta Arenas, Chile, which made the third unsuccessful attempt to rescue members of BITAE from Point Wild (q.v.) in July 1916 (DOS 610 sheet W 61 54 (Ext.), 1-GSGS 1972; APC, 1974, p.4). Caleta Emma (Argentina. MM chart H-710, 1977).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
61° 07' 04.2" S
-61.11783°
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Longitude:
55° 27' 27.9" W
-55.45775°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
3-Nov-1971

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