Willett Cove
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 Topographic map with Hallett Peninsula (center right) and Willett Cove (white box) |
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| Waters | Edisto Inlet , Ross Sea | |
| Land mass | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 72 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ S , 170 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Tributaries | Tur ice fall | |
The Willett Cove is a small cove on the Borchgrevink Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located at the northern end of the Hallett Peninsula on the south side of Seabee Hook .
Participants in the first Operation Deep Freeze of the United States Navy took a survey from aboard the icebreaker in January 1956 USCGC Edisto ago. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the bay in 1956 after James H. Willett of the United States Hydrographic Office , who was involved in the construction of astronomical observation stations on Ross Island and Seabee Hook from 1955 to 1956 .
Web links
- Willett Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Willett Cove on geographic.org (English)