Skaptopara Cove
| Skaptopara Cove | ||
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| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Land mass | Greenwich Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 26 '55 " S , 59 ° 50' 58" W | |
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| width | 1.8 km | |
| depth | 600 m | |
The Skaptopara Cove (English; Bulgarian залив Скаптопара saliw Skaptopara ) is a 1.8 km wide and 600 m long bay on the north coast of Greenwich Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is northwest of Mount Plymouth and northeast of Sevtopolis Peak .
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2005 after the Thracian city of Skaptopara , the forerunner of the Bulgarian city of Blagoevgrad .
Web links
- Skaptopara Cove in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)