Linevo Cove
Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Smith Island.
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.
The cove is named after the settlement of Dolno Linevo in Northwestern Bulgaria.
Location
Linevo Cove is located at 62°55′27″S 62°21′50″W / 62.92417°S 62.36389°WCoordinates: 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
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Linevo Cove. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
Smith Island seen from southeast.
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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