Firley Cove
| Firley Cove | ||
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| Waters | Ezcurra Fjord | |
| Land mass | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 10 ′ 45 ″ S , 58 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Firley Cove ( English for Polish Zatoka Firleya , also known as Firlej Cove ) is a bay on the south coast of King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . As a side bay of the Ezcurra Fjord in Admiralty Bay , it lies between the Zalewski Glacier and the Rościszewski Icefall .
Polish scientists named it in 1980 after Roman Firley, who was responsible for sea transport operations on the two Polish Antarctic expeditions between 1976 and 1978.
Web links
- Firlej Cove in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)