Mouse Cove
| Mouse Cove | ||
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| Waters | Queen Maud Bay | |
| Land mass | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 14 '25 " S , 37 ° 20' 1" W | |
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| length | 300 m | |
The Mouse Cove ( English for Mouse Bay ) is an approximately 300 m long side bay of Queen Maud Bay on the south coast of South Georgia in the South Atlantic . It is located on the north side of the Núñez Peninsula . The wreckage of a sloop is on its bank.
Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey named it after a colony of house mice that lived here at the time .
Web links
- Mouse Cove . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)