Slomer Cove
Location of Trinity Peninsula.
Slomer Cove (Bulgarian: залив Сломер, ‘Zaliv Slomer’ \'za-liv 'slo-mer\) is the 11.2 km wide cove indenting for 5.9 km the northwest coast of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula south of Cape Kjellman and north of Auster Point.
The cove is named after the settlement of Slomer in northern Bulgaria. This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Location
Slomer Cove is centred at 63°46′40″S 59°24′00″W / 63.77778°S 59.40000°WCoordinates: 63°46′40″S 59°24′00″W / 63.77778°S 59.40000°W. German-British mapping in 1996.
Map
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
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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