Hydra Cove
| Hydra Cove | ||
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| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Land mass | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 27 '55 " S , 60 ° 8' 14" W | |
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The Hydra Cove is a small semi-circular bay in the northeast of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . Your head end is dominated by the 35 m high Morton Cliff , which forms the western level of Williams Point .
The bay is one of the geographical features in the Williams Point area that are named after mythical creatures. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1998 after the hydra from Greek mythology.
Web links
- Hydra Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hydra Cove on geographic.org (English)