Aitken Cove
| Aitken Cove | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Land mass | Laurie Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 44 '40 " S , 44 ° 32' 13" W | |
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The Aitken Cove is a bay on the south coast of Laurie Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is located immediately northeast of Cape Whitson .
It was mapped during the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902-1904) under the direction of the Scottish polar explorer William Speirs Bruce . Bruce named the bay after ANG Aitken, a lawyer for the expedition.
Web links
- Aitken Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Aitken Cove on geographic.org (English)