Lussich Cove
Lussich Cove is a cove at the southeast side of Martel Inlet in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was charted in 1909 by the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and named by him for Antonio Lussich of Montevideo, who was of assistance to the expedition.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tern Nunatak and Wawel Hill.
Tern Nunatak
Peak
Tern Nunatak is a nunatak lying just east of Lussich Cove, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. Charted but not named by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Charcot.
Wawel Hill
Peak
Wawel Hill is a hill rising to 290 m north of Point Hennequin, on the east side of Admiralty Bay, King George Island. Named "Góra Wawel" in 1980 by the Polish Antarctic Expedition after a hill by this name in Kraków, historic site of the castle of the Polish kings.
Ullmann Spur
Peak
Ullmann Spur is a mountainous ridge, 275 m, situated centrally at the head of Martel Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station.
Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station
Hamlet
The Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station is a permanent Antarctic research station named after the Brazilian Navy Commander Luís Antônio de Carvalho Ferraz, who visited Antarctica many times with the British exploration team and managed to convince his government to create a self-guided Brazilian Antarctic Program.
Lussich Cove
- Type: Bay
- Description: cove
- Categories: cove and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.1024° or 62° 6′ 9″ southLongitude
-58.33019° or 58° 19′ 49″ westElevation
195 metres (640 feet)Open location code
3893VMX9+2WOpenStreetMap ID
node 8289981701OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Lussich Cove” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “盧斯奇灣”
- German: “Lussich Cove”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lussich Cove”
- Spanish: “Caleta Lussich”
- Spanish: “Lussich Cove”
- Spanish: “Lussich, Caleta”
- Swedish: “Lussich, caleta”
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Notable Places Nearby
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