Skaptopara Cove

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Skaptopara Cove (Zaliv Skaptopara \'za-liv ska-pto-'pa-ra\) is a 1.8 km wide cove indenting for 600 m the N coast of Greenwich Island, Antarctica, NW of Mount Plymouth, and NE of Sevtopolis Peak.

The cove is named after the ancient Thracian town of Skaptopara, ancestor of the present Bulgarian city of Blagoevgrad.

[edit] Location

The cove is located at 62°26′55″S, 59°50′58″W (British mapping in 1968, and Bulgarian mapping in 2005).

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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.