Gaul Cove
Gaul Cove is a cove indenting the northeast side of Horseshoe Island, off the coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Kenneth M.Photo: euphro, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Russet Pikes and Searle, Mount.
Russet Pikes
Peak
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Russet Pikes are Antarctic peaks just east of the mouth of Gaul Cove on Horseshoe Island. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955–57. The name is descriptive; reddish-brown colour is visible on the feature most of the year, the slopes being too steep to retain snow cover for any length of time.
Searle, Mount
Peak
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Mount Searle is a peak between Sally and Gaul Coves on Horseshoe Island. Named for Derek J.H. Searle of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, surveyor at Horseshoe Island in 1955 and 1956, who surveyed this feature.
Spincloud Heights
Peak
Photo: euphro, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Spincloud Heights is a heights bordering the north side of Shoesmith Glacier on Horseshoe Island. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955–57, and so named because clouds of spindrift blowing off the heights give warning of approaching storms. Spincloud Heights is situated 3½ km southeast of Gaul Cove.
Gaul Cove
- Type: Cove
- Categories: bay and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Gaul Cove” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “高爾灣”
- German: “Gaul Cove”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gaul Cove”
- Spanish: “Exley, caleta”
- Swedish: “Exley, caleta”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wayne Head and Horseshoe Island.
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