Argentina Cove

Location of Hurd Peninsula in the South Shetland Islands.
On the cove's beach.

Argentina Cove is an 1.28 km wide embayment indenting for 330 m the southeast coast of Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is part of South Bay, entered between Polish Bluff and Henry Bluff. The area was frequented by early 19th century sealers operating from nearby Johnsons Dock.

The feature was mapped and named by the Spanish Antarctic Expedition in 1991.

Location

The cove's midpoint is located at 62°40′11.1″S 60°24′20.8″W / 62.669750°S 60.405778°W / -62.669750; -60.405778 which is 3.3 km south-southwest of Hespérides Point and 5.84 km north-northeast of Miers Bluff (British mapping in and 1968, detailed Spanish mapping in 1991, and Bulgarian mapping in 1996, 2005 and 2009).

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