Hersilia Cove
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 Map of the Byers Peninsula ( Livingston Island ) with Rugged Island (left) and Hersilia Cove |
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| Waters | Drake Street , Southern Ocean | |
| Land mass | Rugged Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 37 '30 " S , 61 ° 12' 31" W | |
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The Hersilia Cove is a bay on the north coast of Rugged Iceland in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is near the eastern end of the island.
Captain James Pendleton Sheffield (1793 - unknown) named it in February 1820 after his ship Hersilia from Stonington , the first known US sealer in the waters around the South Shetland Islands.
Web links
- Hersilia Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hersilia Cove on geographic.org (English)