Factory Cove (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Factory 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:
SE arm of Borge Bay (q.v.), Signy Island, with the BAS station Signy (q.v.) situated on its E side, was charted by Borge in 1913-14 and called Borge Havna (Sørlle, chart, [1930]); recharted by DI in 1927 and named Factory Cove because the ruins of the whaling factory built by Tønsbergs Hvalfangeri A/S in 1920-21 stand on its SE shore (BA chart 3213, 14.i.1929; APC, 1955, p.9; DOS 210 Signy Island sheet, 1-DOS 1973). Fondeadero Factor a (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930). The bay was further charted by DI in 1933. Inner Harbour (Nelson, 1933). Borge Harbour (Marr, 1935, p.382). Bahía Factoría (Argentina. MM, 1958b, p.46; Pierrou, 1970, p.355).
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