Pendulum Cove: Difference between revisions
+navbox |
Base Pedro Aguirre Cerda |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[File:XII Expedición Antártica 1957 - 1958.jpg|thumb|The Chilean [[Base Pedro Aguirre Cerda]] in Pendulum Cove, 1958]] |
|||
'''Pendulum Cove''' is a [[cove]] at the north-east side of [[Port Foster]], [[Deception Island]], in the [[South Shetland Islands]] of [[Antarctica]]. The name of the cove derives from the pendulum and magnetic observations made there by the British expedition under [[Henry Foster (scientist)|Henry Foster]] in 1829. |
'''Pendulum Cove''' is a [[cove]] at the north-east side of [[Port Foster]], [[Deception Island]], in the [[South Shetland Islands]] of [[Antarctica]]. The name of the cove derives from the pendulum and magnetic observations made there by the British expedition under [[Henry Foster (scientist)|Henry Foster]] in 1829. |
||
The Chilean [[Base Pedro Aguirre Cerda]] in Pendulum Cove opened in February 1955. It was destroyed by volcanic eruptions in 1967 and 1969. The ruins of the station has since 2001 been a designated [[Historic Sites and Monuments in Antarctica|historic site in Antarctica]]. |
|||
==Antarctic Specially Protected Area== |
==Antarctic Specially Protected Area== |
||
Revision as of 13:13, 10 October 2013
Pendulum Cove is a cove at the north-east side of Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. The name of the cove derives from the pendulum and magnetic observations made there by the British expedition under Henry Foster in 1829.
The Chilean Base Pedro Aguirre Cerda in Pendulum Cove opened in February 1955. It was destroyed by volcanic eruptions in 1967 and 1969. The ruins of the station has since 2001 been a designated historic site in Antarctica.
Antarctic Specially Protected Area
The cove forms part of an Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA 140), comprising several separate sites on Deception Island, and designated as such primarily for its botanic and ecological values.[1]
References
- ^ "Parts of Deception Island, South Shetland Islands" (PDF). Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 140: Measure 3, Appendix 1. Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2005. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Pendulum Cove". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
62°56′S 60°36′W / 62.933°S 60.600°W
 | This South Shetland Islands location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |