Jordan Cove

Jordan Cove is a small cove which is the principal indentation in the south side of Bird Island, off the west end of South Georgia.

The cove was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951-1957, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for David S. Jordan (1851–1931), an American naturalist, the first President of Stanford University, 1891-1913. In 1896-97 he was commissioner in charge of fur seal investigations in the North Pacific, and subsequently a powerful advocate of fur seal protection by international agreement. Fur seals breed on Bird Island, particularly in the vicinity of this cove.

Today the cove houses a research station.

Location

• Location map: 54°-0’39"S, 38°3’12"W