Tønsberg Cove (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Tønsberg 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:
S of Penguin Point, Bridger Bay, Coronation Island, was charted by Sørlle, 1912-13, and named Tonsberofjord [sic], in error (Sørlle, chart, 1912) or Tønsberg Fjord (Sørlle and Borge, chart, 1913; USBGN, 1956, p.303), after the Tønsberg Hvalfangeri of Tønsberg, Norway, which operated a permanent whaling base in the South Orkney Islands, 1920-30. Tensberg [sic] Fiord (BA, 1916, p.414). Tonsberg Fiord (BA, 1930, p.53). Tönsberg Fjord (Sørlle, chart, [1930]; BA, 1952, p.8; APC, 1955, p.21). The cove was recharted by DI in 1933. Tonsberg Fjord (BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; DCS 701 South Orkney Islands sheet, 1950). Fiord Tonsberg (Argentina. MM, 1945, p.276). The cove was surveyed by FIDS from Signy, 1956-58. Fiordo Tonsberg (Argentina. MM, 1958b, p.43). Tønsberg Cove (USBGN, 1960, p.9; APC, 1961, p.3; DOS 510 South Orkney Islands, West Sheet, 1963). Fiordo Tønsberg (Pierrou, 1970, p.690). [Tønsberg Point, South Georgia, is also named after the whaling company (Hattersley-Smith, 1980b, p.91).]
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