Brialmont Cove () is a
cove
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in
Hughes Bay
Hughes Bay is a bay lying between Cape Sterneck and Cape Murray along the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is wide and lies south of Chavdar Peninsula and north of Pefaur (Ventimiglia) Peninsula, indenting the Danco Coast on the west si ...
, lying between
Charles Point and
Spring Point along the west coast of
Graham Land
Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and ...
in Antarctica. It was charted in 1898 by the
Belgian Antarctic Expedition
The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–1899 was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region. Led by Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery aboard the RV ''Belgica'', it was the first Belgian Antarctic expedition and is considered the firs ...
under
Gerlache
Baron Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery (; 2 August 1866 – 4 December 1934) was a Belgian officer in the Belgian Royal Navy who led the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–99.
Early years
Born in Hasselt in eastern Belgium as ...
, who named it for Lieutenant-General
Brialmont, a member of the
Belgica Commission
Gallia Belgica ("Belgic Gaul") was a province of the Roman Empire located in the north-eastern part of Roman Gaul, in what is today primarily northern France, Belgium, and Luxembourg, along with parts of the Netherlands and Germany.
In 50 BC, af ...
.
Further reading
* Damien Gildea,
Mountaineering in Antarctica: complete guide: Travel guide'
* Ben Saul, Tim Stephens,
Antarctica in International Law', P 827
External links
Brialmont Coveon
USGS
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website
Brialmont Coveon
AADC website
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SCAR
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website
Satellite map of Brialmont Covemap of the area of Brialmont Cove
References
*
Coves of Graham Land
Danco Coast
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