Sheila Cove
Sheila Cove is a cove in the southwest part of Jessie Bay on the north coast of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Surveyed and named by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–04, for Sheila Bruce, daughter of William S.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Susini, Mount and Mount Ramsay.
Susini, Mount
Peak
Mount Susini is a mountain rising to 370 m at the northwest end of Mackenzie Peninsula, Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Named "Monte Susini" by an Argentine Antarctic Expedition, 1957. Susini, Mount is situated 3½ km west of Sheila Cove.
Mount Ramsay
Peak
Mount Ramsay is a peak, 475 m, standing at the west side of Uruguay Cove on the north coast of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Charted by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under Bruce, 1902–04, and named for Allan Ramsay, chief engineer of the expedition ship Scotia, who died on August 6, 1903, and was buried at the foot of the peak. Mount Ramsay is situated 4 km south of Sheila Cove.
Sheila Cove
- Type: Cove
- Description: bay
- Categories: bay and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Sheila Cove” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “希拉灣”
- German: “Sheila Cove”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sheila Cove”
- Spanish: “Sheila, caleta”
- Swedish: “Sheila, caleta”
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Highlights include Robertson, Cape and Mackenzie Peninsula.
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