Lester Cove (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Lester 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:
between Steinheil Point and Forbes Point, forming SW arm of Andvord Bay, Danco Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Danco Island", 1956-57; named after Maxime Charles Lester (1891-1957), Master Mariner, who with T.W. Bagshawe (Bagshawe Glacier, q.v.) wintered at Waterboat Point in 1921 on BAE, 1920-22; with DI, 1926-27, 1928-29, in William Scoresby (APC, 1960, p.5; BA chart 3566, 25.viii.1961). Letelier, Banco 62°28'S 59°38'W, SW side of Ash Point, Greenwich Island, was so called by CAE probably after a member of the expedition (Chile. IH chart 1401, 1965).
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