
Cierva Cove
(Hughes Bay)
British Antarctic Territory
Location: 64° 9' 23" S 60° 52' 23" W
E of Cierva Point, Hughes Bay, Danco Coast, was sighted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in January 1898; called in error Brialmont Bay (Brialmont Cove, q.v.). The cove was photographed from the air by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in 1956-57 and surveyed from the ground by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from 'Portal Point' in 1957-58; in association with the names of pioneers of aviation grouped in this area, named after Juan de la Cierva (1895-1936), Spanish designer of the autogyro, the first successful rotating-wing aircraft, in 1923.