Starfish Cove

Starfish Cove (60°42′S 45°37′W / 60.700°S 45.617°W / -60.700; -45.617Coordinates: 60°42′S 45°37′W / 60.700°S 45.617°W / -60.700; -45.617) is a small cove close north of Balin Point on the east side of Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands. Roughly surveyed in 1933 by DI personnel. So named by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), following their survey of 1947, because of the large number of starfish in the bottom fauna.

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