Mitchell Cove

Mitchell Cove
Waters	English Strait
Land mass	Robert Island , South Shetland Islands
Geographical location	62 ° 23 '18 " S , 59 ° 37' 46" W Coordinates: 62 ° 23 '18 " S , 59 ° 37' 46" W

The Mitchell Cove (in Chile Caleta Nylon ) is a bay of Robert Iceland in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is separated by the Punta Aconcagua from the Coppermine Cove , about 2.5 km to the east . Its banks are determined by glaciers and ice cliffs.

The American navigator Benjamin Pendleton (1797–?) Named the bay previously known to seal hunters as Cossets Harbor on December 18, 1821 . British Discovery Investigations scientists conducted surveys between 1934 and 1935. Aerial photographs were taken between 1956 and 1957 during the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee decided on August 31, 1962 to rename. The new namesake is the ship's owner James Mitchell from London , owner of the sloop Beaufoy of London , one of the ships of the second Antarctic expedition (1821-1822) of the British navigator James Weddell . The bay was given its alternative name by scientists from the 2nd Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1947–1948).

literature

John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , pp. 1148–1449 (English)