 To the west of that is Shumskiy Cove.Photographed from the air by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) in 1957, it was mapped by FIDS from 1956–59, and later named for Petr A. Shumskiy, Russian glaciologist.Along the west coast, the headland Bagnold Point divides Shumskiy Cove from Gunnel Channel.