Bedlam Cove

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

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

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Place ID: 17813
Name ID: 135202

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.

Narrative

Cove on the S coast of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, between Moyes Point and Pandemonium Point. Surveyed by FIDS 1947-50. Photographed from the air by Royal Navy 1968. Location of a very large and extremely raucous penguin colony. The steep cliffs around the cove confines the sound, hence the reference to "Bedlam". (APC, 2004).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
60° 44' 09.0" S
-60.73583°
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Longitude:
45° 39' 01.0" W
-45.65028°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
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:
29-Sep-1904

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