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.
4-541: Mill Cove ( 60°46′S 44°35′W / 60.767°S 44.583°W / -60.767; -44.583 ) is a cove entered between Cape Anderson and Valette Island on the south coast of Laurie Island , in the South Orkney Islands off Antarctica. It was charted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under William Speirs Bruce , who named it for Hugh Robert Mill ,
8-402: A British geographer and polar historian. [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from "Mill Cove, Antarctica" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . This South Orkney Islands location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cove Colloquially, the term can be used to describe
12-476: 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
16-541: 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 the Jurassic Coast in Dorset , England. To its west,
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