Tortula Cove
| Tortula Cove | ||
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| Waters | Maiviken | |
| Land mass | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 14 '38 " S , 36 ° 29' 34" W | |
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The Tortula Cove is a small cove on the north coast of South Georgia . It is located south of Mai Point on the east side of Maiviken , a side bay of Cumberland Bay .
Participants in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) led by Otto Nordenskjöld carried out a rough survey of this bay. More precise measurements were made in 1929 by scientists from the British Discovery Investigations and in 1951 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after the Tortula robusta toothed moss that grows on the shore of the bay.
Web links
- Tortula Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tortula Cove on geographic.org (English)