Ivan Asen Cove
Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Smith Island.
Ivan Asen Cove (Bulgarian: залив Иван Асен, ‘Zaliv Ivan Asen’ \'za-liv i-'van a-'sen\) is the 1.16 km wide cove on Osmar Strait indenting for 800 m the southeast coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, and entered northeast of Ivan Asen Point. Its head is fed by Dragoman Glacier.
The feature takes its name from the adjacent Ivan Asen Point.
Location
Ivan Asen Cove is located at 63°01′20″S 62°31′20″W / 63.02222°S 62.52222°WCoordinates: 63°01′20″S 62°31′20″W / 63.02222°S 62.52222°W, which is 13 km northeast of Cape James. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2010.
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
- 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)
- Ivan Asen Cove. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
Smith Island seen from southeast.
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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