Schwartz Cove
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 Map of Thurston Island with Schwartz Cove (bottom center) |
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| Waters | Bellingshausen lake | |
| Land mass | Thurston Island , West Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 72 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ S , 99 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Tributaries | Bearman Glacier | |
The Schwartz Cove is an icy bay on the south coast of Thurston Island before Eights Coast of the West Antarctic Ellsworthlands . It lies west of the Williamson Peninsula and is occupied by the Abbot Ice Shelf . The Trice Islands are at the entrance to the bay.
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named her in 2003 after Isidor Joseph Schwartz (1909-1989), commander of the aircraft mother ship USS Pine Island in the eastern group of Operation Highjump (1946-1947) of the United States Navy .
Web links
- Schwartz Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Schwartz Cove on geographic.org (English)