Linevo Cove (Bulgarian: залив Линево, ‘Zaliv Linevo’ \'za-liv 'li-ne-vo\) is the 900 m wide cove on Boyd Strait indenting for 560 m the southeast coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, and entered northeast of Kubadin Point. Its head is fed by Ritya Glacier.
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The cove is named after the settlement of Dolno Linevo in Northwestern Bulgaria.
Location
editLinevo Cove is located at 62°55′27″S 62°21′50″W / 62.92417°S 62.36389°W, which is 6.6 km southwest of Cape Smith. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2010.
Maps
edit- Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c. from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)
- South Shetland Islands: Smith and Low Islands. Scale 1:150000 topographic map No. 13677. British Antarctic Survey, 2009.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0
References
edit- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Linevo Cove. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
External links
edit- Linevo Cove. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.