Langmuir Cove
| Langmuir Cove | ||
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| Waters | Isacke passage | |
| Land mass | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 58 '52 " S , 67 ° 8' 38" W | |
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| Tributaries | Somigliana glacier | |
The Langmuir Cove is a bay at the Loubet coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is at the northern end of the Arrowsmith Peninsula .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it on September 23, 1960 after the American chemist and physicist Irving Langmuir (1881-1957), who had studied the formation of snow .
Web links
- Langmuir Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Langmuir Cove on geographic.org (English)