Giffard Cove
| Giffard Cove | ||
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| Waters | Charlotte Bay ( Gerlache Street ) | |
| Land mass | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 37 '23 " S , 61 ° 42' 5" W | |
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| width | 1.5 km | |
The Giffard Cove is a 1.5 km wide bay on the Danco Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is on the west bank of Charlotte Bay .
Participants of the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery mapped them, but did not name them. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the French engineer Henri Giffard (1825-1882), designer and pilot of the first controllable airship .
Web links
- Giffard Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Giffard Cove on geographic.org (English)