Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Evans Cove (NZL) | 74° 53' 00.0" S | 163° 48' 00.0" E | Cove |
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Name ID: 113256
Place ID: 4374
A cove about 2 1/ 2 miles wide, lying between Inexpressible Island and the Northern Foothills along the coast of Victoria Land. First charted by the BAE, 1907-09. Probably named by Shackleton for Captain F P Evans, master of the Koonya, which towed the expedition ship Nimrod south in 1907, and later captain of the Nimrod during the last year of the expedition. It was here that the South Magnetic Pole Party under David, embarked on the Nimrod, and here the Northern Party, led by Campbell, of the BAE, 1910-13, spent a winter under very bad conditions. |
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| Evans Cove (USA) | 74° 53' 00.0" S | 163° 48' 00.0" E | Cove |
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Name ID: 124913
Place ID: 4374
A cove in Terra Nova Bay, Victoria Land, entered between Inexpressible Island and Cape Russell. First charted by the BrAE, 1907-09. Probably named by Shackleton for Capt. F.P. Evans, master of the ship Koonya, which towed the Nimrod south in 1907, and later master of the Nimrod during the last year of the expedition. |
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