Smokinya Cove

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Smokinya Cove (Bulgarian: залив Смокиня, ‘Zaliv Smokinya’ \'za-liv smo-'ki-nya\) is the 3.5 km wide cove on Prince Gustav Channel indenting for 2.2 km the southeast coast of Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is entered north of Azimuth Hill.

The cove is named after the seaside locality of Smokinya in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Smokinya Cove is centred at 63°44′00″S 58°15′40″W / 63.73333°S 58.26111°W / -63.73333; -58.26111Coordinates: 63°44′00″S 58°15′40″W / 63.73333°S 58.26111°W / -63.73333; -58.26111. 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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