Visca Anchorage

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Visca Anchorage

Location of Visca Anchorage in Antarctica

Visca Anchorage ( 62°5′S58°24′W / 62.083°S 58.400°W / -62.083; -58.400 Coordinates: 62°5′S58°24′W / 62.083°S 58.400°W / -62.083; -58.400 ) is the northwestern cove of Martel Inlet, Admiralty Bay, at King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Charcot, and named by him for Dr. Visca, an acquaintance in Montevideo.

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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.

Martel Inlet is an inlet forming the northeast head of Admiralty Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands off Antarctica. It was charted in December 1909 by the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot and named "Fiord Martel" after J.L. Martel, a French politician.

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