Gruev Cove
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 View from Bransfieldstrasse to Gruev Cove with Parchevich Ridge , Benkowski-Nunatak and Bogdan Ridge ( from left to right ) |
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Land mass | Greenwich Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 30 ′ 21 ″ S , 59 ° 33 ′ 43 ″ W | |
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| width | 300 m | |
| depth | 650 m | |
The Gruev Cove (English; Bulgarian Груев залив Gruew saliw ) is a 300 m wide and 650 m long bay on the east coast of Greenwich Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is south of Santa Cruz Point and north of Parchevich Ridge .
British scientists mapped them in 1968. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named them in 2006 after Damjan Gruew (1871–1906), leader of the Bulgarian independence movement in Macedonia .
Web links
- Gruev Cove in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)