Burton Cove
Burton Cove is a small cove just east of Pearson Point, the southwest tip of Bird Island, South Georgia. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Robert W.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Molly Hill and Stejneger Peak.
Molly Hill
Peak
Molly Hill is a hill between Evermann Cove and Johnson Cove on western Bird Island, South Georgia, an island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. The name derives from the black-browed albatross or "mollymawk" which breeds on the hill in large numbers.
Stejneger Peak
Peak
Stejneger Peak is a conspicuous rocky peak, 190 m, at the head of Evermann Cove on Bird Island, South Georgia. Surveyed by the South Georgia Biological Expedition, 1958–59.
Barracouta Rock
Jordan Cove is a small cove which is the principal indentation in the south side of Bird Island, off the west end of South Georgia, near Antarctica. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period of 1951–57.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pio Point and Cordall Stacks.
Pio Point
Locality
Pio Point is a point forming the north side of the entrance to Johnson Cove at the west end of Bird Island, South Georgia. Roughly charted by DI personnel on the Discovery in the period 1926-30 and surveyed by HMS Owen in 1960–61.
Cordall Stacks
Locality
The Cordall Stacks are two conspicuous rock stacks, the eastern one joined to Bird Island, South Georgia, by a low isthmus, lying on the northwest side of the island 0.3 nautical miles northwest of Jordan Cove.
Begg Point
Locality
Undine Harbour is a small bay at the head of the embayment between Cape Paryadin and Cape Chaplin on the south coast of South Georgia. Begg Point is situated 7 km southeast of Burton Cove.
Burton Cove
- Type: Cove
- Description: cove in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- 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—“Burton Cove” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “伯頓灣”
- Dutch: “Burton Cove”
- German: “Burton Cove”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Burton Cove”
- Spanish: “Burton Cove”
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Highlights include Prince Creek and Evermann Cove.
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