Copper Cove
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 Topographic map with Moubray Bay and Copper Cove (top right) |
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| Waters | Moubray Bay , Ross Sea | |
| Land mass | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 72 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ S , 170 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Copper Cove (English for Copper Bay ) is a bay on the Borchgrevink coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located on the east side of Honeycomb Ridge on the west bank of Moubray Bay .
Participants of 1957-1958 permanent campaign as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named it after striking green color in the bank cliffs formed by copper-based verdigris caused.
Web links
- Copper Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Copper Cove on geographic.org (English)