Mill Cove
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Mill Cove is a cove
entered between Cape Anderson
and Valette Island
on the south coast of Laurie Island
, in the South Orkney Islands
. Charted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
under Bruce, who named it for Hugh Robert Mill
, British geographer and polar historian.
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...
entered between Cape Anderson
Cape Anderson
Cape Anderson is a cape which marks the east side of the entrance to Mill Cove on the south coast of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Charted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under Bruce, who named it for his secretary, Nan Anderson....
and Valette Island
Valette Island
Valette Island is an island, 0.2 nautical miles long, lying in the west side of the entrance to Mill Cove on the south side of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Charted by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–04, under Bruce, who named it for L.H. Valette, Argentine...
on the south coast of Laurie Island
Laurie Island
Laurie Island is an island in the Antarctic Circle, the second largest of the South Orkney Islands. The island is claimed by both Argentina as part of Argentine Antarctica, and the United Kingdom as part of the British Antarctic Territory...
, 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 ....
. Charted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition , 1902–04, was organised and led by William Speirs Bruce, a natural scientist and former medical student from the University of Edinburgh. Although overshadowed in prestige terms by Robert Falcon Scott's concurrent Discovery Expedition, the SNAE completed...
under Bruce, who named it for Hugh Robert Mill
Hugh Robert Mill
Hugh Robert Mill was a Scottish geographer and meteorologist who was influential in the reform of geography teaching, and in the development of meteorology as a science. Educated in Scotland, he graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1883...
, British geographer and polar historian.