Mansa Cove

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Mansa Cove

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Location of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
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Mansa Cove
Location of Mansa Cove on the Antarctic Peninsula
Coordinates 62°27′53″S60°47′05″W / 62.46472°S 60.78472°W / -62.46472; -60.78472 Coordinates: 62°27′53″S60°47′05″W / 62.46472°S 60.78472°W / -62.46472; -60.78472
Type Cove

Mansa Cove is the 450-metre-wide (1,480 ft) cove indenting for 300 metres (980 ft) the east coast of the small (2.6 by 1.6 kilometres [1.62 mi × 0.99 mi]) ice-free promontory forming the north extremity of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula, western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and ending up in Cape Shirreff.

Cove A small sheltered bay or coastal inlet

A cove is a small type of bay or coastal inlet. Coves usually have narrow, restricted entrances, are often circular or oval, and are often situated within a larger bay. Small, narrow, sheltered bays, inlets, creeks, or recesses in a coast are often considered coves.

Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula

Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula is an ice-covered peninsula on the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica that is bounded by Hero Bay to the east and Barclay Bay to the west. It extends 13 km in length in north-south direction and is 8 km wide. Its north extremity is formed by the ice-free Cape Shirreff, an area visited by early 19th century sealers. The peninsula's interior is occupied by Oryahovo Heights.

Livingston Island Island of the South Shetland Islands

Livingston Island is an Antarctic island, part of the South Shetlands Archipelago in the Southern Ocean. It was the first land discovered south of 60° south latitude in 1819, a historic event that marked the end of a centuries-long pursuit of the mythical Terra Australis Incognita and the beginning of the exploration and utilization of real Antarctica. The name Livingston, although of unknown derivation, has been well established in international usage since the early 1820s.

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The feature was descriptively named by the 198485 Chilean Antarctic Expedition from the stillness of its waters (‘Quiet Bay’ in Spanish).

Location

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Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island.

The cove is centred at 62°27′53″S60°47′05″W / 62.46472°S 60.78472°W / -62.46472; -60.78472 which is 680 metres (2,230 ft) of Cape Shirreff, 4.26 kilometres (2.65 mi) northwest of Black Point and 1.18 kilometres (0.73 mi) east by north of Rapa Nui Point (British mapping in 1968, detailed Chilean mapping in 2004, and Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).

Cape Shirreff

Cape Shirreff is a prominent cape at the north end of the rocky peninsula which separates Hero Bay and Barclay Bay on the north coast of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. The cape was named by Edward Bransfield in 1820 after Captain William H. Shirreff, the British commanding officer in the Pacific at that time.

Rapa Nui Point

Rapa Nui Point is a rocky point projecting 180 m westwards into Shirreff Cove from the west coast of the small ice-free promontory forming the north extremity of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula, western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and ending up in Cape Shirreff. The point is dominated by Scarborough Castle, a 35 m crag roughly charted and descriptively named by the British sealer Captain Robert Fildes in 1821.

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Vodoley Rock

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