Name details

Marian Cove

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110000

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

between North Spit and South Spit, Maxwell Bay (q.v.), King George Island, was known to nineteenth-century sealers; roughly charted by Ferguson, 1913-14, and named possibly after the usage of whalers (Ferguson, 1921, map p.38; Nelson and others, chart, 1935c; BA chart 1774, 9.vii.1948; APC, 1955, p.14; DOS 610 sheet W 62 58, 1968); recharted by DI, 1934-35. Marion [sic] Cove (BA chart 3205, 25.iii.1937). Caleta Marian (Argentina. MM chart 104, 1949; IHA, 1974, p.193). Caleta Mariana (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.201; Pierrou, 1970, p.503). Caleta Mariano (Kosack, 1955b, map facing p.88). Bukhta Merian (Govorukha and Simonov, 1973a, map p.9). "King Sejong Station", South Korean station on S side of cove, inaugurated 17 February 1988 (The Korean Times, 18 February 1988).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 12' 42.1" S
-62.21169°
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Longitude:
58° 45' 58.2" W
-58.76617°
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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 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:
8-Sep-1953

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