Dragon Cove
| Dragon Cove | ||
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| Waters | McFarlane Strait | |
| Land mass | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 28 ′ 7 ″ S , 60 ° 7 ′ 16 ″ W | |
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The Dragon Cove (English for Dragon Bay ) is a bay on the northeast tip of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located between Sigritsa Point in the northeast and Ficheto Point in the southwest. Its shore consists of Dragon Beach .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1958 after the Dragon , a 1804 in Liverpool registered brig for the seal hunt , which (unknown-1780) operated from 1820 to 1821 under captain Andrew McFarlane in the waters around the South Shetland Islands.
Web links
- Dragon Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dragon Cove on geographic.org (English)