Caloplaca Cove
| Caloplaca Cove | ||
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| Waters | Orwell Bight | |
| Land mass | Signy Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 43 '28 " S , 45 ° 35' 16" W | |
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The Caloplaca Cove is a bay on the east coast of Signy Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is located between Rethval Point and Pantomime Point .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1974 after the lichen of the genus Caloplaca , which overgrown the cliffs along the shore of the bay.
Web links
- Caloplaca Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Caloplaca Cove on geographic.org (English)