Las Palmas Cove
Las Palmas Cove is a 1.97 km wide embayment indenting for 500 m the northwest coast of Hurd Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is part of South Bay, Livingston Island entered between Henry Bluff and Salisbury Bluff. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers operating from nearby Johnsons Dock. It also where the Las Palmas Glacier terminates. The feature was mapped and named in 1991 by the Spanish Antarctic Expedition after the Antarctic supply ship ''Las Palmas'', Spanish Navy. Location The cove's midpoint is located at which is 4.84 km south-southwest of Hespérides Point and 4.32 km north by east of Miers Bluff Miers Bluff is the point forming the southwest extremity of Hurd Peninsula, the southeast side of the entrance to South Bay (Livingston Island), South Bay and the northwest side of the entrance to False Bay (Livingston Island), False Bay, on Livi ... (British mapping in and 1968, detailed Spanish map ...
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