geo.wikisort.org - IslandCove Rock is a low offshore rock 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of North Foreland, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was charted by Discovery Investigations in 1937 and called descriptively Cone Rock; the spelling Cove Rock, likely through error in transcription, appeared in a Hydrographic Office publication in 1942, and became established.[1]
Cove RockLocation of Cove Rock Show map of AntarcticaCove Rock (South Shetland Islands) Show map of South Shetland Islands |
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Location | Antarctica |
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Coordinates | 61°54′S 57°48′W |
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Population | 0 |
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References
- "Cove Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Cove Rock". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
South Shetland Islands |
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Straits |
- Boyd
- English
- Fildes
- Glogovo
- Hell Gates
- Iglika
- Izgrev
- Klimash
- McFarlane
- Morton
- Mugla
- Neck or Nothing
- Nelson
- Orión
- Osmar
- Smolensk
- Villalón
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Undersea and subglacial features |
- Bransfield Trough
- Macheret Trench
- Orca Seamount
- Quiroga Ridge
- South Shetland Trough
- Vergilov Ridge
- Wordie Seamount
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- South Pole
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History |
- Expeditions
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- World War II
- COVID-19 pandemic
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Politics |
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Famous explorers |
- Roald Amundsen
- Richard E. Byrd
- Douglas Mawson
- Ui-te-Rangiora
- James Clark Ross
- Robert Falcon Scott
- Ernest Shackleton
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На других языках
[de] Cove Rock
Der Cove Rock (in Argentinien Roca Bóveda von spanisch bóveda ‚Wölbung, Gewölbe‘) ist eine kleine und niedrige Felseninsel im Archipel der Südlichen Shetlandinseln. Sie liegt 5 km westlich der Halbinsel North Foreland von King George Island.
- [en] Cove Rock
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