A cove is a small bay or coastal inlet . They usually have narrow, restricted entrances, are often circular or oval, and are often situated within a larger bay . Small, narrow, sheltered bays, inlets, creeks , or recesses in a coast are often considered coves.
5-509: Jordan Cove ( 54°0′S 38°3′W / 54.000°S 38.050°W / -54.000; -38.050 ) is a small cove which is the principal indentation in the south side of Bird Island , off the west end of South Georgia , near Antarctica . It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period of 1951–57. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UKAPC) named the cove for David Starr Jordan , an American naturalist and
10-636: The Jurassic Coast in Dorset , England. To its west, a second cove, Stair Hole , is forming. Coves are formed by differential erosion , which occurs when softer rocks are worn away faster than the harder rocks surrounding them. These rocks further erode to form a circular bay with a narrow entrance, called a cove . Another way is that waves can transport rocks and sediment towards cliffs or rock faces, which helps erode softer rock and gradually form coves due to friction. Additionally, rivers or streams that flow into
15-641: The entrance to Jordan Cove. It was first charted by personnel on HMS Owen in 1961, and named by the UKAPC for one of Owen's survey motor boats. [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey . This South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cove Colloquially,
20-640: The first president of Stanford University from 1891 to 1913. From 1896–97 Jordan 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. The western arm of Jordan Cove is called Main Bay. UKAPC has found that this descriptive name has been in local use at least since 1957. Barracouta Rock lies submerged 0.4 nautical miles (0.7 km) south of
25-414: The term can be used to describe a sheltered bay. Geomorphology describes coves as precipitously walled and rounded cirque -like openings like a valley extending into or down a mountainside, or in a hollow or nook of a cliff or steep mountainside. A cove can also refer to a corner, nook, or cranny, either in a river, road, or wall, especially where the wall meets the floor. An example is Lulworth Cove on
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