Cubbyhole Cove

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Cubbyhole Cove
Waters South Atlantic
Land mass South Georgia
Geographical location 54 ° 15 ′ 48 ″  S , 36 ° 21 ′ 21 ″  W Coordinates: 54 ° 15 ′ 48 ″  S , 36 ° 21 ′ 21 ″  W
Cubbyhole Cove (South Georgia)
Cubbyhole Cove

The Cubbyhole Cove (from English cubbyhole 'storage room, kabuff' ) is a small bay at the northern end of the Barff Peninsula on the north coast of South Georgia in the South Atlantic . It is located southwest of Cape Douglas .

Lieutenant Commander John M. Chaplin (1888–1977) of the Royal Navy named her in the 1920s as part of the Discovery Investigations .

Web links

  • Cubbyhole Cove . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)