Elephant Cove
Elephant Cove is a small circular cove lying 0.5 nautical miles north of Klutschak Point along the south coast and near the west end of South Georgia. The name "Elephant Bay", probably applied by early sealers at South Georgia, was recorded on the chart of the German expedition under Kohl-Larsen, 1928–29, and the chart by Discovery Investigations personnel who mapped South Georgia in this period.- Type: Cove
- Description: cove in South Georgia
- Also known as: “Bahía Aurora”, “Elefanten-Bucht”, and “Elephant Bay”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anvil Stacks and Samuel Islands.
Anvil Stacks
Locality
The Anvil Stacks are two conspicuous sea stacks which lie close south of the entrance to Elephant Cove, off the south coast and near the west end of South Georgia.
Samuel Islands
Locality
The Samuel Islands are a group of small islands and rocks lying close to the south coast of South Georgia, 1.6 km west-southwest of Nilse Hullet and 3.2 km east-southeast of Klutschak Point. Samuel Islands is situated 6 km southeast of Elephant Cove.
Elephant Cove
- Categories: cove and body of water
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Elephant Cove” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “象海豹湾”
- Dutch: “Elephant Cove”
- German: “Elephant Cove”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Elephant Cove”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elephant Cove”
- Norwegian: “Elephant Cove”
- Spanish: “Elephant Cove”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Catcher Icefall and Anvil Stacks.
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