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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Saint Martha Cove (USA) 63° 56' 00.0" S 57° 50' 00.0" W Cove
Name ID: 131125 Place ID: 12607

A small, almost landlocked cove on the NW side of Croft Bay, close S of Andreassen Point, James Ross Island. Named on an Argentine map of 1959, presumably after Saint Martha, sister of Mary and Lazarus.

St. Martha Cove (GBR) 63° 55' 30.0" S 57° 49' 00.0" W Cove
Name ID: 111450 Place ID: 12607

SW of Andreassen Point, Croft Bay, James Ross Island, was named by AAE Bahía Santa Marta (Argentina. MM chart 106, 1949) or Caleta Santa Marta (Argentina. IAA map, [1959c]); surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay", 1958-61. St. Martha Cove (APC, 1964, p.4; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/13, 1-DOS 1974). Saint Martha Cove (USBGN, 1964a, p.16).

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