Raskuporis Cove
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 Map of the Byers Peninsula with Raskuporis Cove |
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| Waters | Morton Strait | |
| Land mass | Livingston Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 40 '25 " S , 61 ° 9' 43" W | |
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| width | 1.77 km | |
| depth | 700 m | |
The Raskuporis Cove (English; Bulgarian залив Раскупорис saliw Raskuporis ) is a 1.77 km wide and 0.7 km long bay on the south coast of the Byers Peninsula in the far west of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It lies between Sevar Point in the east and Devils Point in the west. There is a connection to the northwest to Osogovo Bay via the Hell Gates .
British scientists mapped it in 1968, Spanish in 1992 and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2006 after Raskuporis , King of the Thracians from 48 BC. BC to 42 BC Chr.
Web links
- Raskuporis Cove in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)