Mill Cove, Antarctica

This article is about the cove in Antarctica. For the settlement in Canada, see Mill Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Mill Cove (60°46′S 44°35′W / 60.767°S 44.583°W / -60.767; -44.583Coordinates: 60°46′S 44°35′W / 60.767°S 44.583°W / -60.767; -44.583) is a cove entered between Cape Anderson and Valette Island on the south coast of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands off Antarctica. It was charted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under William Speirs Bruce, who named it for Hugh Robert Mill, a British geographer and polar historian.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Mill Cove". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-09-25.

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