Tsepina Cove

Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Tsepina Cove (Bulgarian: залив Цепина, ‘Zaliv Tsepina’ \'za-liv 'tse-pi-na\) is the 1 km wide cove indenting for 850 m the east coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is entered south of Galiche Rock off Somovit Point, and north of Batuliya Point.

The feature is named after the medieval fortress of Tsepina in southern Bulgaria.

Location

Tsepina Cove is located at 62°24′07″S 59°21′10″W / 62.40194°S 59.35278°W / -62.40194; -59.35278Coordinates: 62°24′07″S 59°21′10″W / 62.40194°S 59.35278°W / -62.40194; -59.35278. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

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References

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


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