Yarebitsa Cove
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 Map of Smith Island with Yarebitsa Cove (lower half of the map on the right) |
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| Waters | Osmar Strait | |
| Land mass | Smith Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 1 '50 " S , 62 ° 31' 55" W | |
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| width | 900 m | |
| depth | 570 m | |
| Tributaries | Armira glacier | |
The Yarebitsa Cove (English; Bulgarian залив Яребица saliw Jarebiza ) is a 0.9 km wide and 0.57 km long bay on the southeast coast of Smith Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located northeast of Skalina Point and southwest of Ivan Asen Point and 12 km northeast of Cape James . The Armira Glacier flows into its head end.
Bulgarian scientists mapped them in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named them in 2015 after localities in north-east and south Bulgaria .
Web links
- Yarebitsa Cove in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)