Moraine Cove is a small 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...

 at the north end of Mikkelsen Bay

Mikkelsen Bay

Mikkelsen Bay is a bay, 15 miles wide at its mouth and indenting 10 miles, entered between Bertrand Ice Piedmont and Cape Berteaux along the W coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. First seen from a distance in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, but not recognized as a...

 along the west coast of 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...

. A moraine descends to the cove from the southwest end of Pavie Ridge

Pavie Ridge

Pavie Ridge or Cap Pavie or Île Pavie is an isolated rocky ridge rising over 500 m, which extends south and west from Martin Glacier to Moraine Cove, and forms the southeastern limit of Bertrand Ice Piedmont, on the west coast of Graham Land. Pavie Ridge is located at and has an elevation of 500 m...

. The name derives from the provisional name "Moraine Point," used by Professor Robert L. Nichols of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition

Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition

The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition was an expedition from 1947-1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.-Background:...

(RARE), who examined the geology of this area in 1947. The name Moraine Cove retains the spirit of the naming by Nichols, and is considered more essential for reference purposes than a name for the moraine itself.