Kukuzel Cove
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 Map of the Byers Peninsula ( Livingston Island ) with Kukuzel Cove |
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| Waters | Barclay Bay | |
| Land mass | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 36 '57 " S , 61 ° 2' 50" W | |
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| width | 1.18 km | |
| depth | 620 m | |
The Kukuzel Cove (English; Bulgarian залив Кукузел saliw Kukusel ) is a 1.18 km wide and 620 m long bay in the northwest of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . As a side bay of Barclay Bay , it lies between Villard Point in the west and Lair Point in the east.
British mappings were made in 1822 and 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, Spanish in 1992, Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named them in 2006 after the Bulgarian composer for church music and singer Joan Kukusel (1280-1360), saint of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church .
Web links
- Kukuzel Cove in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)