Charybdis Cove
| Charybdis Cove | ||
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 Charybdis Cove between Slab Point (left) and Organpipe Point (center) |
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| Waters | Hero Bay | |
| Land mass | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 28 ′ 38 ″ S , 60 ° 9 ′ 14 ″ W | |
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The Charybdis Cove is a vast bay in the northeast of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is flanked to the east by ice cliffs, to the north by Organpipe Point and to the south by Slab Point .
The bay is one of the geographical features in the Williams Point area that are named after mythical creatures. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1998 after Charybdis , a sea monster from Greek mythology.
Web links
- Charybdis Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Charybdis Cove on geographic.org (English)