Sheila Cove
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Sheila Cove is a cove in the southwest part of Jessie Bay
on the north coast of Laurie Island
, in the South Orkney Islands
. Surveyed and named by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
, 1902-04, for Sheila Bruce, daughter of William S. Bruce, leader of the expedition.
Jessie Bay
Jessie Bay is a bay 4 nautical miles wide, lying between Mackenzie and Pirie Peninsulas, on the north side of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands. Apparently seen in the course of the joint cruise by Captain George Powell, British sealer, and Captain Nathaniel Palmer, American sealer, in 1821...
on the north coast of Laurie Island
Laurie Island
Laurie Island is an island in the Antarctic Circle, the second largest of the South Orkney Islands. The island is claimed by both Argentina as part of Argentine Antarctica, and the United Kingdom as part of the British Antarctic Territory...
, in the South Orkney Islands
South Orkney Islands
The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about north-east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. They have a total area of about ....
. Surveyed and named by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition , 1902–04, was organised and led by William Speirs Bruce, a natural scientist and former medical student from the University of Edinburgh. Although overshadowed in prestige terms by Robert Falcon Scott's concurrent Discovery Expedition, the SNAE completed...
, 1902-04, for Sheila Bruce, daughter of William S. Bruce, leader of the expedition.