Cierva Cove
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| Waters | Hughes Bay ( Gerlache Street ) | |
| Land mass | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 9 '23 " S , 60 ° 52' 23" W | |
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| Tributaries | Breguet Glacier , Gregory Glacier | |
The Cierva Cove is a bay on the Danco Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 10 km southeast of Cape Sterneck in Hughes Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after 1960 after the Spanish aviation pioneer Juan de la Cierva (1895-1936), developer of the first gyroplane .
Web links
- Cierva Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cierva Cove on geographic.org (English)