Potter Cove

Potter Cove Lighthouse

Location	King George Island, Potter Cove, Argentina
Coordinates	62°14′03″S 58°39′17″W / 62.234167°S 58.654861°W / -62.234167; -58.654861
Tower
Construction	glass fiber (tower), concrete (foundation)
Height	23 ft (7.0 m)
Shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and light
Markings	red and yellow horizontal bands tower[1][2]
Power source	solar power
Operator	Argentine Navy
Light
Focal height	10 m (33 ft)
Range	3 nmi (5.6 km; 3.5 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 7s

Potter Cove is a cove indenting the south-west side of King George Island to the east of Barton Peninsula, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. An extinct volcano named Three Brothers Hill is located on its east side. Potter Cove was known to sealers as early as 1821, and the name is now well established in international usage.

The cove is the location of a replica of a metal plaque erected by German whaler and explorer Eduard Dallmann to commemorate the visit of his expedition, on 1 March 1874, with the sailing steamer Grönland. It has been designated a Historic Site or Monument (HSM 36), following a proposal by Argentina and the United Kingdom to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting.^[3]

• List of lighthouses in Antarctica

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Potter Cove". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 

62°14′02″S 58°41′04″W / 62.23381°S 58.68450°W / -62.23381; -58.68450

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