Chavei Cove
| Chavei Cove | ||
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 View from Bransfield Strait into Chavei Cove with the Prespa Glacier |
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Land mass | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 44 ′ 10 ″ S , 60 ° 12 ′ 10 ″ W | |
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| width | 2.2 km | |
| depth | 900 m | |
The Chavei Cove (English; Bulgarian залив Чавеи saliw Tschawei ) is a 2.2 km wide and 900 m long bay on the southeast coast of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located east of Gela Point . The Prespa Glacier , which has been in retreat since the beginning of the 21st century, flows into it .
Bulgarian scientists mapped it in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2009 after the town of Tschawei in northern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Chavei Cove in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)