Brashlyan Cove
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 Map of Smith Island with Brashlyan Cove (lower half of the map on the right) |
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| Waters | Osmar Strait | |
| Land mass | Smith Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 2 '50 " S , 62 ° 33' 55" W | |
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| width | 1.3 km | |
| depth | 480 m | |
| Tributaries | Gramada glacier | |
The Brashlyan Cove (English; Bulgarian Бръшлян saliw Braschljan ) is a 1.3 km wide and 0.48 km long bay on the southeast coast of Smith Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 9.5 km northeast of Cape James immediately northeast of Dupnitsa Point . The Gramada Glacier flows into its head end.
Bulgarian scientists mapped it in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2015 after the town of Braschljan in southeastern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Brashlyan Cove in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)