Cummings Cove

Cummings Cove

Cummings Cove (60°44′S 45°41′W / 60.733°S 45.683°W / -60.733; -45.683) is a cove between Jebsen Point and Porteous Point on the west side of Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands. Roughly surveyed by DI personnel in 1933, and resurveyed in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for E.T. Cummings of the FIDS, radio operator at Cape Geddes in 1946 and at Deception Island in 1947.

The U.K. Cummings scientific hut is located at Cummings Cove at 60°43′45″S 45°39′50″W / 60.72917°S 45.66389°W / -60.72917; -45.66389. It is visited regularly by BAS personnel from Signy Station. It has accommodations for 2 people, with food and fuel for 2 person-months.[1]

References

  1. ^ Polar Conservation Organisation

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Cummings Cove" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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