Welchness
| Welchness | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 29 ′ S , 56 ° 15 ′ W | |
| location | Dundee Island ( Joinville Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Active-Sound | |
| Waters 2 | Petrel Cove | |
Welchness is a pebbly headland that forms the western foothills of Dundee Island in the Joinville Islands archipelago off the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . It also marks the southwest boundary of Petrel Cove .
Participants of the Dundee Whaling Expedition (1892-1893) roughly mapped it and gave it its name. It is named after the captain and whaling partner George Welch (1814-1891) from Dundee , whose Jay Whale Fishing Company owned the whaler Active , one of the ships on the expedition.
Web links
- Welchness in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Welchness on geographic.org (English)