Vinitsa Cove

Location of Davis Coast.

Vinitsa Cove (Bulgarian: залив Виница, ‘Zaliv Vinitsa’ \'za-liv 'vi-ni-tsa\) is the 3.75 km wide cove indenting for 1.9 km Davis Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica east of Cape Page and west of Havilland Point. The cove is named after the settlement of Vinitsa in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Vinitsa Cove is centred at 63°55′00″S 60°15′30″W / 63.91667°S 60.25833°W / -63.91667; -60.25833Coordinates: 63°55′00″S 60°15′30″W / 63.91667°S 60.25833°W / -63.91667; -60.25833. British mapping in 1978.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

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