Richards Cove
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 Map of the Byers Peninsula ( Livingston Island ) with Richards Cove |
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| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Land mass | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 34 '54 " S , 61 ° 8' 50" W | |
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The Richards Cove is a small cove on the north coast of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is one mile east of Essex Point .
The British navigator James Weddell named an island immediately north of this bay as Richards Island between 1820 and 1823 . This name is probably named after John Richards, captain of the sealer George from Liverpool , who operated between 1820 and 1821 in the waters around the South Shetland Islands. This island is now called Window Island . In order to preserve Weddell's name, the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee transferred it to the bay described here in 1959.
Web links
- Richards Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Richards Cove on geographic.org (English)