Zapalnya Cove
Zapalnya Cove (Bulgarian: залив Запалня, ‘Zaliv Zapalnya’ \'za-liv za-'pal-nya\) is the 1.37 km wide cove on Boyd Strait indenting for 550 m the southeast coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, and entered northeast of Razdel Point and southwest of Medovene Point.
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Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands.
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Topographic map of Smith Island.
The cove is named after the historical settlement of Zapalnya in Southern Bulgaria.
Location
Zapalnya Cove is located at 62°57′27″S 62°24′30″W, which is 10.9 km southwest of Cape Smith. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.
Maps
- Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c. from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)
- South Shetland Islands: Smith and Low Islands. Scale 1:150000 topographic map No. 13677. British Antarctic Survey, 2009.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Zapalnya Cove. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
External links
- Zapalnya Cove. Copernix satellite image
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Smith Island seen from southeast.
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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