Burton Cove
| Burton Cove | ||
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Land mass | Bird Island | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 1 '14 " S , 38 ° 4' 29" W | |
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The Burton Cove is a small cove on the southwestern tip of Bird Iceland west front of South Georgia . It is located immediately east of Pearson Point .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1977 after Robert W. Burton, assistant to the British Antarctic Survey in determining the fur seal populations on Bird Island between 1971 and 1972.
Web links
- Burton Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Burton Cove on geographic.org