Gaul Cove
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Gaul Cove is a cove
indenting the northeast side of Horseshoe Island
, off Graham Land
. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Kenneth M. Gaul, first leader of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) Horseshoe Island station in 1955.
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...
indenting the northeast side of Horseshoe Island
Horseshoe Island (Antarctica)
Horseshoe Island is an island 6.5 nautical miles long and 3 nautical miles wide occupying most of the entrance to Square Bay, along the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered and named by the British Graham Land Expedition under Rymill who mapped this area by land and from the air in 1936-37...
, off Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which 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 the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Kenneth M. Gaul, first leader of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) Horseshoe Island station in 1955.