Prisoe Cove

Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.

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

Prisoe Cove (Bulgarian: залив Присое, ‘Zaliv Prisoe’ \'za-liv pri-'so-e\) is the 3.7 km wide cove indenting for 1.75 km the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Entered between Agüero Point and Avitohol Point. Most of the cove's coastline is formed by the termini of Berkovitsa Glacier and Medven Glacier separated by Remetalk Point.

The cove is named after the settlement of Prisoeto in northern Bulgaria.

Location

Prisoe Cove is located at 62°33′25″S 60°40′00″W / 62.55694°S 60.66667°W / -62.55694; -60.66667Coordinates: 62°33′25″S 60°40′00″W / 62.55694°S 60.66667°W / -62.55694; -60.66667. British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1991, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 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

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.

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