Retizhe Cove

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Retizhe Cove (Bulgarian: залив Ретиже, ‘Zaliv Retizhe’ \'za-liv re-ti-'zhe\) is the 5.8 km wide cove indenting for 6.2 km 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

Retizhe Cove is centred at 63°28′10″S 57°25′30″W / 63.46944°S 57.42500°W / -63.46944; -57.42500Coordinates: 63°28′10″S 57°25′30″W / 63.46944°S 57.42500°W / -63.46944; -57.42500. 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

SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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

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