Bourchier Cove

Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Bourchier Cove (Bulgarian: залив Баучър, ‘Zaliv Bourchier’ \'za-liv 'bau-ch&r\) is the 2.35 km wide cove indenting for 860 m the northwest coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Entered between Jireček Point and Villagra Point.

The cove is named after Bourchier Peak in Rila Mountain, southwestern Bulgaria, in connection with the British journalist and Bulgarian activist James David Bourchier (1850–1920).

Location

Bourchier Cove is located at 62°57′20″S 62°33′00″W / 62.95556°S 62.55000°W / -62.95556; -62.55000Coordinates: 62°57′20″S 62°33′00″W / 62.95556°S 62.55000°W / -62.95556; -62.55000. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

Maps

• 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

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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