Protection Cove
| Protection Cove | ||
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 Protection Cove at the head of Robertson Bay (center left) west of the Adare Peninsula |
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| Waters | Robertson Bay | |
| Land mass | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 71 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ S , 170 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| width | 5 km | |
| Tributaries | Nameless Glacier , Newnes Glacier | |
The Protection Cove ( English for protection bay ) is a 5 km wide bay on the Pennell coast in the north of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . You east of Cape Kløvstad at the head end of Robertson Bay west of the Adare Peninsula .
Participants in the British Southern Cross Expedition (1898-1900) led by the Norwegian polar explorer Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink mapped them. Borchgrevink named it so because the research vessel Southern Cross found shelter here during a storm.
Web links
- Protection Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Protection Cove on geographic.org (English)