Mutton Cove is an anchorage 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) northeast of the south end of Beer Island

Beer Island

Beer Island is an island long, lying immediately south of Jagged Island and west of Prospect Point, off the west coast of Graham Land. It was charted and named by the British Graham Land Expedition under Rymill, 1934–37....

 in the Biscoe Islands

Biscoe Islands

Biscoe Islands is a series of islands, of which the principal ones are Renaud, Rabot, Lavoisier and Watkins, lying parallel to the W coast of Graham Land and extending some in a NE–SW direction...

. The 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...

 is formed by four small islands, Harp, Upper, Cliff and Girdler Islands. Beer Island shelters the cove from the west. Charted in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition

British Graham Land Expedition

A British expedition to Graham Land led by John Lachlan Cope took place between 1920 and 1922. The British Graham Land Expedition was a geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica between 1934 to 1937. Under the leadership of John Riddoch Rymill, the expedition spent two...

 (BGLE) under Rymill and, at the suggestion of Lieutenant R.G.D. Ryder, Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

, captain of the days in a training ship at Devonport.