Iquique Cove
| Iquique Cove | ||
|---|---|---|
 Map of Greenwich Island with Discovery Bay and Iquique Cove |
||
| Waters | Discovery Bay | |
| Land mass | Greenwich Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 28 '58 " S , 59 ° 39' 38" W | |
|
||
| Islands | González Island | |
The Iquique Cove ( Spanish Ensenada Iquique ) is a bay of Greenwich Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located on the east side of Discovery Bay . The Chilean Arturo Prat station, built on the Guesalaga peninsula , stands on the shore of this bay .
The bay is named after the research ship Iquique , which was used to set up the Arturo Prat station as part of the First Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1946–1947). The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee converted the naming made by the Chileans into English in 1974.
Web links
- Iquique Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Iquique Cove on geographic.org (English)