Stancomb Cove
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 Looking south across Stancomb Cove to Laguna Hill |
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| Waters | Telephone Bay | |
| Land mass | Deception Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 55 '35 " S , 60 ° 41' 4" W | |
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 Map of Deception Island with Stancomb Cove to the northwest |
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The Stancomb Cove is a side bay of telephone Bay , in turn, a side bay of Port Foster is the caldera of Deception Iceland in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located northeast of Laguna Hill in the northwestern part of the caldera. It was created as a result of volcanic activity between December 1967 and August 1970.
The bay was mapped in January 1988 by the crew of the HMS Endurance . It is named after the Stancomb-Wills boat that was used for the survey work carried out for this purpose.
Web links
- Stancomb Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Stancomb Cove on geographic.org (English)