Taniwha Cove
| Couzens Bay | ||
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| Waters | Couzens Bay | |
| Land mass | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 80 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ O | |
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The Taniwha Cove is an icy and U -shaped side bay of Couzens Bay at the Shackleton Coast in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It is located off the northeast end of the Churchill Mountains . Your entrance is limited to the east by Senia Point , and Mount Tadpole rises on the west bank .
Participants in a campaign carried out from 1960 to 1961 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named them. It is named after the Maori name for a mythological monster .
Web links
- Taniwha Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Taniwha Cove on geographic.org (English)