Diaz Cove
| Diaz Cove | ||
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Land mass | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 45 ′ 8 ″ S , 36 ° 18 ′ 15 ″ W | |
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| Islands | Kupriyanov Islands | |
The Diaz Cove is a small bay near the eastern end of the south coast of South Georgia . It is 16 km northwest of Cape Disappointment . The Kuprijanow Islands are in their entrance .
The bay was already known to the first seal hunters who headed for South Georgia. The Norwegian sealer captain Johannesen named them after his ship Diaz in 1929 .
Web links
- Diaz Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Diaz Cove on geographic.org (English)