Uruguay Cove (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Uruguay 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:
at head of Jesse Bay on N coast of Laurie Island, separated by a narrow neck of land from Scotia Bay, was probably sighted by Weddell in 1823; charted by SNAE in 1903 and named after the Argentine sloop-of-war Uruguay (Capt. (F) I.F. Galíndez, Galindez Island, q.v.), which rescued the SwAE party from Snow Hill Island in November 1903, relieved SNAE in December 1904, and was used for many years subsequently to relieve the Argentine station "Orcadas" (Scotia Bay, q.v.) (Bruce and others, chart, [1903c]; BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.21). North Bay (Bruce, 1903-04, p.15). Bahía Uruguay (Jalour, [1907b], map following p.196). The cove was recharted by AAE in 1930. Caleta Uruguay (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930; Pierrou, 1970, p.701). The cove was further charted by DI in 1933. Bahía Corbeta Uruguay (Argentina. CNA, 1947, map p.54). Uruguay Bay (Saunders, [1950], p.118). Uruguay (Argentina. MM, 1957b, p.29). Bukhta Urugvay-Kov (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).
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