Stygian Cove
| Stygian Cove | ||
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| Waters | Orwell Bight | |
| Land mass | Signy Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 40 ′ 59 " S , 45 ° 36 ′ 29" W | |
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The Stygian Cove (English for gloomy bay ) is a small bay in the north of Signy Island in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is located immediately west of Berry Head .
The Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sørlle (1884-1933) carried out a rough mapping between 1912 and 1913, which was repeated in 1933 by participants in the British Discovery Investigations . The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey named it after a survey in 1947. It is named after the fact that the bay is completely shaded by the steep cliffs of Robin Peak on its western edge.
Web links
- Stygian Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Stygian Cove on geographic.org (English)