Brandt Cove

Brandt Cove (54°49′S 36°2′W / 54.817°S 36.033°W / -54.817; -36.033Coordinates: 54°49′S 36°2′W / 54.817°S 36.033°W / -54.817; -36.033) is a cove on the south side of Drygalski Fjord, South Georgia, 1 nautical mile (2 km) north of the head of Larsen Harbour. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Karl Brandt, American economist and professor of agricultural economics at Stanford University, California; author of Whale Oil: An Economic Analysis.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Brandt Cove". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-08-19.

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