Name details

Shirreff Cove

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111159

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 Cape Shirreff (q.v.) and Telmo Island, N Livingston Island, was roughly charted by Bransfield, 17 January 1820, and named Shireff's [sic] Cove in association with the cape after Capt. W. H. Shirreff, RN (Miers, 1820b, Pl. 12, Fig. 2). Sherriffs [sic] Cove (Fildes, 1821c). Shirreff's Cove (Powell, 1822a). Ance Shireff [sic] (Powell, 1824a, map facing p.5). Sheriff's [sic] Bucht (Fildes, 1827, p.449). Shirreffs Cove (Fildes, 1829). Shirreff Cove (BA, 1930, p.65; APC, 1955, p.19; DOS 610 sheet W 62 60, 1968). Sheriff's [sic] Cove (USHO, 1943, p.11). Caleta Shirreff (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.110; IHA, 1974, p.259). Caleta Noto, so called by AAE after Suboficial Juan Noto, of the Argentine Navy, who died in the Antarctic (Argentina. MD, 1978, letterN).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 28' 17.3" S
-62.47147°
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Longitude:
60° 48' 40.5" W
-60.81125°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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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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