Shumskiy Cove
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Shumskiy Cove () 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.
This article incorporates text from Shumskiy Cove, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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