Paz Cove
| Paz Cove | ||
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| Waters | Mawson Lake | |
| Land mass | Wilkesland , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ S , 100 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| width | 1.5 km | |
| length | 6 km | |
The Paz Cove is a 1.5 km wide and 6 km long bay on the Knox Coast of the East Antarctic Wilkes Land . It is located 4 km southeast of Cape Henderson on the north side of the Bunger Hills .
The American cartographer Gardner Dean Blodgett (* 1925) mapped them using aerial photographs of Operation Highjump (1946–1947). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1956 after Hubert J. Paz (* 1923), a crew member on the flights to create aerial photographs during Operation Highjump between 14th and 164th degrees east.
Web links
- Paz Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Paz Cove on geographic.org (English)