Thulla Cove
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Land mass | Signy Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 42 ′ 4 " S , 45 ° 39 ′ 18" W | |
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The Thulla Cove is a small cove on the west coast of Signy Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is located south of Thulla Point .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1990 based on the naming of the neighboring headland of the same name . It is named after the Norwegian steamer Thulla , which was used between 1911 and 1912 in the waters around the southern Orkney Islands to search for suitable anchorages for factory ships for whaling .
Web links
- Thulla Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Thulla Cove on geographic.org (English)