Cierva Cove is a cove lying 6nmi southeast of Cape Sterneck in Hughes Bay, just south of Chavdar Peninsula along the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Shown on an Argentine government chart of 1950, it was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for Juan de la Cierva, the Spanish designer of the autogiro, which was the first successful rotating wing aircraft in 1923.[1]
| Capitán Cobbett Refuge | |
| Settlement Type: | Refuge |
| Mapsize: | 270px |
| Pushpin Map: | Antarctic Peninsula |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Capitán Cobbett Refuge in Antarctic Peninsula |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 270 |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Coordinates: | -64.1558°N -60.9552°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  |
| Subdivision Type1: | Location in Antarctic Peninsula |
| Subdivision Name1: | Cierva Cove Graham Land Antarctica |
| Subdivision Type3: | Administered by |
| Subdivision Name3: | Argentine Army |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Type |
| Blank Info Sec1: | Year-round |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Status |
| Blank Info Sec2: | Operational |
Refuge Capitán Cobbett (-64.1558°N -60.9552°W) is an Argentine refuge in Antarctica located in Cierva Cove, in the Antarctic Peninsula, on the north access to the Gerlache Strait. The refuge was inaugurated on January 23, 1954, with the name of naval refuge Cape Primavera. The Antarctic Command of the Argentine Army inaugurated, on March 3, 1977, the Primavera Base following the works to the refuge and the construction of new buildings.
The refuge is a small building that currently has the function of a laboratory; it has two rooms and a bathroom, and has supplies for three men for three months. The name pays tribute to Captain Enrique Cobbett, who died in August 1826 in the shipwreck of the frigate Buenos Aires on Cape Horn. The refuge was renovated, in March 2017, by a task force of the transport ship ARA Bahía San Blas.[2]