Kotev Cove

Location of Two Hummock Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Kotev Cove (Bulgarian: Котев залив, ‘Kotev Zaliv’ \'ko-tev 'za-liv\) is the 1.81 km wide cove indenting for 1.8 km the northeast coast of Two Hummock Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It is entered northwest of Butrointsi Point.

The cove is named after Vasil Kotev, commander motor boats and sledges at St. Kliment Ohridski base in 2007/08 and subsequent seasons, and base commander during parts of the 2009/10 and 2011/12 seasons.

Location

Kotev Cove is centred at 64°06′40″S 61°42′00″W / 64.11111°S 61.70000°W / -64.11111; -61.70000Coordinates: 64°06′40″S 61°42′00″W / 64.11111°S 61.70000°W / -64.11111; -61.70000. British mapping in 1978.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1978.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
Kotev Cove. 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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