Vapa Cove
| Vapa Cove | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Land mass | Liège Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 2 ′ 45 ″ S , 62 ° 2 ′ 10 ″ W | |
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| width | 1.65 km | |
| depth | 1.1 km | |
| Tributaries | Plejstor glacier | |
The Vapa Cove (English; Bulgarian залив Вапа saliw Wapa ) is a 1.65 km wide and 1.1 km long bay on the west coast of Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is north of Polezhan Point and south of Disilitsa Point . The Plejstor glacier flows into its head end .
British scientists mapped it in 1978. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after Mount Wapa in the Rila Mountains in Bulgaria .
Web links
- Vapa Cove in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)