Kolokita Cove
| Kolokita Cove | ||
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| Waters | Lazarev Bay | |
| Land mass | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 21 ′ 50 ″ S , 71 ° 49 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| width | 2.7 km | |
| depth | 1.55 km | |
| Tributaries | Coulter Glacier | |
The Kolokita Cove (English; Bulgarian залив Колокита saliw Kolokita ) is a 2.7 km wide and 1.55 km long bay on the northwest coast of the Alexander I Island west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is east of the headland formed by the Hopkins Ridge and west of the Piyanets Ridge . The Coulter Glacier flows into its head end .
British scientists mapped it in 1971. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2017 after a headland on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast .
Web links
- Kolokita Cove in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)