Shumskiy Cove

Shumskiy Cove (67°4′S 67°21′W / 67.067°S 67.350°W / -67.067; -67.350Coordinates: 67°4′S 67°21′W / 67.067°S 67.350°W / -67.067; -67.350) is a cove in southern Hanusse Bay indenting the northwest side of Arrowsmith Peninsula in Graham Land. Mapped by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from surveys and air photos, 1956-59. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Petr A. Shumskiy, Russian glaciologist, author in 1955 of an important publication on the petrology of ice.

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