Sheldon Cove (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Sheldon 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.
Cove about 3 km wide and 3.5 km deep at the northern end of Ryder Bay, immediately west of Stork Ridge, and with its entrance to the south. Formed by the retreat of Sheldon Glacier since the 1970s and named in association with Sheldon Glacier.
rnest Brian Sheldon (b.1945), BAS meteorological observer, Adelaide Base, 1968-69, and Stonington Base, 1969-70; Base Commander, Adelaide Base, 1975-76, and Rothera Research Station, 1976-77. In association with Sheldon Glacer.
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