Cummings Cove is a cove

Cove

A cove is a small type of bay or coastal inlet. They usually have narrow, restricted entrances, are often circular or oval, and are often inside a larger bay. Small, narrow, sheltered bays, inlets, creeks, or recesses in a coast are often considered coves...

 between Jebsen Point

Jebsen Point

Jebsen Point is a point at the south side of Port Jebsen on the west side of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands. The name appears on a map based upon a running survey of these islands by Captain Petter Sorlle in 1912-13....

 and Porteous Point

Porteous Point

Porteous Point is a point at the southwest end of Signy Island forming the south entrance point of Cummings Cove and northeast entrance point of Fyr Channel, in the South Orkney Islands. Charted in 1933 by DI personnel on the engineer of the ship....

 on the west side of Signy Island

Signy Island

Signy Island is a small sub-antarctic island in the South Orkney Islands group locted at . It is about long and wide and rises to above sea level. Much of the island is permanently covered with ice. The average temperature range is to about in winter...

 in the South Orkney Islands

South Orkney Islands

The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about north-east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. They have a total area of about ....

. Roughly surveyed by DI

Discovery Investigations

The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean. They were funded by the British Colonial Office and organised by the Discovery Committee in London, which was formed in 1918...

 personnel in 1933, and resurveyed in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for E.T. Cummings of the FIDS, radio operator at Cape Geddes

Cape Geddes

Cape Geddes is a cape which forms the north end of Ferguslie Peninsula on the north coast of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Charted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under Bruce, who named it for Professor P. Geddes, noted Scottish biologist and sociologist....

 in 1946 and at Deception Island in 1947.

The U.K. Cummings scientific hut is located at Cummings Cove at . It is visited regularly by BAS personnel from Signy Station. It has accommodations for 2 people, with food and fuel for 2 person-months.