Coppermine Cove

Coppermine Cove indents the north-western coast of Robert Island, amongst the South Shetland Islands, in the British Antarctic Territory., It is to the south-east of Fort William.

The cove was roughly charted by nineteenth-century sealers. The name 'Copper Mine Cove' was originally applied to Mitchell Cove, from the copper-coloured superficial staining of the lavas and tuffs in the area, but it was was later applied to the present feature, following recharting by Discovery Investigations in 1934-35. A Chilean refuge hut was established on this cove in January 1950. The cove was photographed from the air by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in 1956-57, and surveyed from the ground by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1957-59.

Location

• Location map: 62°22’53"S, 59°41’54"W

References

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Coppermine Cove