Diaz Cove
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Diaz 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...

 with the Kupriyanov Islands
Kupriyanov Islands
The Kupriyanov Islands is a small island lying to the south west of South Georgia, off the Novosilski Glacier , close south of Diaz Cove.The name "Mys Kupriyanov" or "Mys Kupriyanova," for Ivan Kupriyanov, an officer of the Mirnyy, was given by Admiral Thaddeus Bellingshausen in 1819 to a cape on...

 at the mouth, 10 nautical miles (18 km) northwest of Cape Disappointment
Cape Disappointment (South Georgia)
Cape Disappointment is a headland which forms the southern extremity of South Georgia. It was first charted and so named in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook, who upon reaching this position was greatly disappointed in realizing that South Georgia was an island rather than a continent....

, near the east end of the south coast of South Georgia. The cove was known to early sealers as shown by the remains of a sealing vessel found there. It was rediscovered in 1929 by Captain Johannesen and named for his ship Diaz.
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