Sandefjord Cove (sometimes called Sandefjord Bay)[1] is a cove between Cape Ingrid and the terminus of Tofte Glacier on the west side of Peter I Island. A Norwegian expedition under Eyvind Tofte circumnavigated Peter I Island in the Odd I in 1927. In February 1929, the Norvegia under Nils Larsen carried out a series of investigations all around the island, landing on February 2 to hoist the Norwegian flag. The cove was named for Sandefjord, Norway, center of the Norwegian whaling industry.[2]

Framnes Head is a small rock point forming one of the headlands of the cove. dIt was charted and named by Larsen's expedition.[3] It is steep and rugged, composed of lava and basaltic tuff.[1] When members of the US Navy Second Antarctic Development Project landed there in 1948, they discovered a small colony of Adelie penguins.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Davis, Malcolm (1949). "Extension of Range of the Ringed Penguin". The Auk. 66 (1): 75–76. doi:10.2307/4080664. ISSN 0004-8038. JSTOR 4080664.
  2. ↑ "Sandefjord Cove". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Framnes Head". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 5 April 2012.

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68°47′S 90°42′W / 68.783°S 90.700°W / -68.783; -90.700


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