Goulden Cove () is the southern of two coves at the head of
Ezcurra Inlet
Ezcurra Inlet () is an inlet forming the western arm of Admiralty Bay (South Shetland Islands), Admiralty Bay, King George Island (South Shetland Islands), King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was charted by the French Antarctic Ex ...
,
Admiralty Bay, on
King George Island, in the
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 195 ...
. It was probably named by the
French Antarctic Expedition
The French Antarctic Expedition is any of several French expeditions in Antarctica.
First expedition
In 1772, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec and the naturalist Jean Guillaume Bruguière sailed to the Antarctic region in search of the fable ...
under
Jean-Baptiste Charcot
Jean-Baptiste-Étienne-Auguste Charcot (15 July 1867 – 16 September 1936), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist. His father was the neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893).
Life
Jean-Ba ...
, who surveyed Admiralty Bay in December 1909.
[ Located at its head is an icefall called Doctors Icefall.
]
See also
*Rhyolite Head Rhyolite Head () is the headland between Cardozo Cove and Goulden Cove in Ezcurra Inlet, Admiralty Bay, King George Island. It was so named following geological work by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1975–76, because the feature largely resul ...
References
Coves of King George Island (South Shetland Islands)
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