Express Cove
| Express Cove | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Land mass | Signy Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 41 '24 " S , 45 ° 38' 38" W | |
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The Express Cove is a small cove on the west coast of Signy Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is located north of Foca Point and is characterized by a coastline rich in bays with numerous offshore islands and reef rocks.
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations roughly mapped them in 1933. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out surveys in 1947. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1955 after the US schooner Express under Captain Thomas Bowen Lynch (1832-1920), who in 1880 had called the Southern Orkney Islands.
Web links
- Express Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Express Cove on geographic.org (English)