Kapisturia Cove
| Kapisturia Cove | ||
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| Waters | Charlotte Bay | |
| Land mass | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 36 ′ 35 ″ S , 61 ° 30 ′ 30 ″ W | |
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| width | 1.65 km | |
| depth | 1.9 km | |
| Tributaries | Boschinow glacier | |
The Kapisturia Cove (English, Bulgarian Залив Капистурия Saliw Kapisturija ) is a 1.65 km wide and 1.9 km long side bay of Charlotte Bay on the Danco Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located immediately south of the Eurydice Peninsula . The Boschinow glacier flows into its head end .
British scientists mapped it in 1978. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after the ancient Kapisturia fortress in southern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Kapisturia Cove in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)