Ploski Cove

Location of Tower Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Ploski Cove (Bulgarian: залив Плоски, ‘Zaliv Ploski’ \'za-liv 'plo-ski\) is the 1 km wide cove indenting for 900 m the northeast coast of Tower Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica situated north of Harmanli Cove and east of Mindya Cove. Entered northwest of Traverso Point. The cove is named after the settlement of Ploski in Southwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Ploski Cove is located at 63°33′13″S 59°48′33″W / 63.55361°S 59.80917°W / -63.55361; -59.80917Coordinates: 63°33′13″S 59°48′33″W / 63.55361°S 59.80917°W / -63.55361; -59.80917. German-British mapping in 1996.

Map

Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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