Evermann Cove () is a
cove long, lying just southwest of
Jordan Cove along the south side of
Bird Island,
South Georgia
South Georgia ( es, Isla San Pedro) is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. Stretching in the east†...
. It was surveyed by the
South Georgia Biological Expedition, 1958–59, and was named by the
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ...
in 1960 for
Barton W. Evermann, an American zoologist on the staff of the
United States Fish Commission
The United States Fish Commission, formally known as the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, was an agency of the United States government created in 1871 to investigate, promote, and preserve the fisheries of the United States. In 1 ...
from 1891 to 1903 and its successor, the
United States Bureau of Fisheries
United may refer to:
Places
* United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
* United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
Arts and entertainment Films
* ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film
* ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two fi ...
, from 1903 to 1914, and a specialist in administrative and legal problems relating to the
fur seal.
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References
Coves of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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