Hvoyna Cove
| Hvoyna Cove | ||
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| Waters | Jordanoff Bay | |
| Land mass | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 51 '0 " S , 59 ° 55' 20" W | |
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| width | 1.7 km | |
| depth | 1 km | |
The Hvoyna Cove (English, Bulgarian залив Хвойна saliw Chwojna ) is a 1 km and 1.7 km wide bay on the Davis Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . As a side bay of Jordanoff Bay , it lies between Wennersgaard Point and Kamenar Point .
German and British scientists mapped it together in 1996. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2016 after the village of Chvojna in southern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Hvoyna Cove in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)