Pup Cove
| Pup Cove | ||
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| Waters | Borge Bay | |
| Land mass | Signy Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 42 ′ 11 ″ S , 45 ° 36 ′ 32 ″ W | |
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The Pup Cove (English for puppy bay ) is a small bay on the east coast of Signy Island in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is located on the north side of Elephant Flats at the head of Borge Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1991 after the birth of an Antarctic fur seal, first observed on Signy Island in February 1977, since the Signy station opened in 1947.
Web links
- Pup Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pup Cove on geographic.org (English)