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Salvesen Cove: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Salvesen Cove in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division

Feature Name (see definition): Salvesen Cove

Feature Class (see definition): Bay

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 13204

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 24' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 061° 20' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.4

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -61.3333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1952

Description (see definition): Cove forming the S extremity of Hughes Bay, along the W coast of Graham Land. The cove was partially outlined on the charts of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE) under Gerlache, 1897-99. Probably named by whalers operating in this vicinity after Salvesen and Company, whalers of Leith, Scotland.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Salvesen Cove in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Salvesen Cove information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Salvesen Cove should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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