Smochevo Cove
| Smochevo Cove | ||
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| Waters | Osmar Strait | |
| Land mass | Low Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 14 '22 " S , 62 ° 13' 5" W | |
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| width | 1.6 km | |
| depth | 850 m | |
The Smochevo Cove (English; Bulgarian залив Смочево saliw Smotschewo ) is a 1.6 km wide and 850 m long bay on the northwest coast of Low Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located south of Cape Wallace and the two islands Zebil Island and Glumche Island and north of Fernandez Point .
British scientists mapped it in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after the town of Smochevo in western Bulgaria .
Web links
- Smochevo Cove in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)