Retizhe Cove (Bulgarian: залив Ретиже, ‘Zaliv Retizhe’ \'za-liv re-ti-'zhe\) is the 5.8 km wide cove indenting for 6.2 km on the south coast of Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. Part of Duse Bay, entered between Boil Point to the west and Garvan Point to the east.
The cove is named after the Retizhe River in Pirin Mountain, Southwestern Bulgaria.
Location edit
Retizhe Cove is centred at 63°28′10″S 57°25′30″W / 63.46944°S 57.42500°W. German-British mapping in 1996.
Maps edit
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.
References edit
- Retizhe Cove. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links edit
- Retizhe Cove. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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