Eagle Cove
| Eagle Cove | ||
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| Waters | Hope Bay | |
| Land mass | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 23 ′ 51 ″ S , 57 ° 0 ′ 13 ″ W | |
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The Eagle Cove is a small cove on the northeastern end of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located southwest of Seal Point on the east bank of Hope Bay .
The bay was discovered by the exploration team of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901-1903) led by Johan Gunnar Andersson under the direction of Otto Nordenskjöld while wintering in Hope Bay in 1903. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey named it after the Eagle , a 1902 under The seal catcher built in Norway under the name Sophie , which was used for the survey to establish a surveying station in Hope Bay.
Web links
- Eagle Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Eagle Cove on geographic.org (English)