Raskuporis Cove

Raskuporis Cove (Bulgarian: залив Раскупорис, ‘Zaliv Raskuporis’ \'za-liv ras-ku-'po-ris\) is the 1.6 km wide cove indenting for 700 m the south coast of Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Entered between Sevar Point and Devils Point.

The cove is named after King Raskuporis of Thrace, 48-42 BC.

Location

Raskuporis Cove is located at . British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1993 and Bulgarian in 2009.

Map

• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

References

• Raskuporis Cove. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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