Foca Cove
| Foca Cove | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Land mass | Signy Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 41 ′ 46 ″ S , 45 ° 38 ′ 38 ″ W | |
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The Foca Cove is a small cove on the west coast of Signy Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is located immediately south of Foca Point .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them based on the name of the Foca Point. Its namesake is the whaling ship Foca of the Compañía Argentina de Pesca company , which called at the southern Orkney Islands in December 1926.
Web links
- Foca Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Foca Cove on geographic.org (English)