Mill Cove
| Mill Cove | ||
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 Mill Cove on the south coast of Laurie Island |
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Land mass | Laurie Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 45 ′ 19 ″ S , 44 ° 36 ′ 36 ″ W | |
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| width | 920 m | |
| depth | 1.39 km | |
| surface | 1.46 km² | |
| Islands | Valette Island | |
The Mill Cove is a bay on the south coast of Laurie Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It lies between Cape Anderson in the east and Valette Island in the west.
It was mapped during the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902-1904) under the direction of the Scottish polar explorer William Speirs Bruce . Bruce named the bay after Hugh Robert Mill (1861–1950), British geographer, polar historian and longtime librarian for the Royal Geographical Society .
Web links
- Mill Cove in Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mill Cove on geographic.org (English)