Tsepina Cove
| Tsepina Cove | ||
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Land mass | Robert Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 24 ′ 7 ″ S , 59 ° 21 ′ 10 ″ W | |
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| width | 1 km | |
| depth | 850 m | |
The Tsepina Cove (English; Bulgarian залив Цепина saliw Zepina ) is a 0.85 km long and 1 km wide bay on the east coast of Robert Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located between Galiche Rock and Somovit Point in the south and Batuliya Point in the north.
Bulgarian scientists mapped it in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2012 after the medieval fortress Zepina in southern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Tsepina Cove in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)