Iquique Cove is a small, 400 m (437.4 yd) wide cove indenting for 700 m (765.5 yd) the east coast of Discovery Bay

Discovery Bay (Antarctica)

Discovery Bay is a bay long and wide, indenting the northeast side of Greenwich Island, in the South Shetland Islands. This bay has been known to sealers in the area since about 1821. It was charted and named during 1935 by DI personnel on the Discovery II.- Map :* L.L. Ivanov. Scale 1:120000...

, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands

South Shetland Islands

The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...

, Antarctica. Iquique Cove is sheltered on the northwest by Guesalaga Peninsula

Guesalaga Peninsula

Guesalaga Peninsula is a small, L-shaped, low-lying shingle covered peninsula on the east side of Discovery Bay, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica forming the northwest coast of Iquique Cove and the north side of its entrance...

, and the small González Island (62°29′04.5"S 59°40′05"W) is situated on the south side of the cove's entrance. The cove is used by ships servicing the Chilean Antarctic base Arturo Prat

Captain Arturo Prat Base

Captain Arturo Prat Base is a Chilean Antarctic research base located at Iquique Cove, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Opened February 6, 1947, it is the oldest Chilean Antarctic station. Until March 1, 2006, it was a base of the Chilean Navy, on which date it was handed...

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Iquique Cove was charted and named by the 1947 Chilean Antarctic Expedition after the naval frigate

Frigate

A frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"...

 Iquique, with González Island named after Ernesto González, captain of the Iquique on that expedition.

Location

The cove is centred at 62°28′57"S 59°39′40"W which is 1.64 km (1 mi) south by west of Ash Point

Ash Point

Ash Point is a rounded low ice-free point forming the southeast side of the entrance to Discovery Bay in the northeast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica with an adjacent ice-free area of...

 and 2.58 km (1.6 mi) northeast of Ferrer Point

Ferrer Point

Ferrer Point is a point projecting 700 m into the south part of Discovery Bay, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica with an adjacent ice-free area of...

 (Chilean mapping in 1951 and 1971, British in 1964 and 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
  Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
  The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research is an interdisciplinary body of the International Council for Science . It was established in February 1958 to continue the international coordination of Antarctic scientific activities that had begun during the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58...
  
  
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

Maps

• L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

External links

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.