Prisoe Cove
| Prisoe Cove | ||
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| Waters | Hero Bay | |
| Land mass | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 33 '25 " S , 60 ° 39' 40" W | |
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| width | 3.7 km | |
| depth | 1.75 km | |
| Tributaries | Medwen Glacier , Berkowiza Glacier | |
The Prisoe Cove (English; Bulgarian залив Присое saliw Prissoe ) is a 3.7 km wide and 1.75 km long bay on the east side of the John Paul II Peninsula of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . As a side bay of Hero Bay , it lies between Agüero Point and Avitohol Point .
Bulgarian scientists mapped it in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2010 after the town of Prissoeto in northern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Prisoe Cove in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)