Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Cummings Cove (GBR) | 60° 43' 25.0" S | 45° 40' 00.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 108383
Place ID: 3196
E of Porteous Point, Signy Island, was surveyed by FIDS from Signy in 1947 and named after E. T. Cummings (b. 1925), FIDS radio operator, "Cape Geddes", 1945-46, and "Deception Island", 1946-47 (APC, 1955, p.8; DOS 210 Signy Island sheet, 1973). A BAS refuge hut, established on the cove in 1971, is known as "Cummings Hut". |
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| Cummings Cove (USA) | 60° 44' 00.0" S | 45° 41' 00.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 123997
Place ID: 3196
Cove between Jebsen Point and Porteous Point on the W side of Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands. Roughly surveyed by DI personnel in 1933, and resurveyed in 1947 by the FIDS. Named by the UK-APC for E.T. Cummings of the FIDS, radio operator at Cape Geddes in 1946 and at Deception Island in 1947. |
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