Pup Cove

Pup Cove
Pup Cove
Pup Cove
Coordinates 60°42′S 45°36′W / 60.700°S 45.600°W / -60.700; -45.600Coordinates: 60°42′S 45°36′W / 60.700°S 45.600°W / -60.700; -45.600
Type Cove

Pup Cove () is a small cove on the north side of Elephant Flats at the head of Borge Bay, Signy Island, South Orkney Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in recognition of the first recorded birth of a fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) on the island (February 1977) since the opening of Signy station in 1947.

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


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