Vrabcha Cove
Encyclopedia
Vrabcha Cove is the 900 m wide cove indenting for 1 km the west coast of Heywood Island
off the northwest coast of Robert Island
in the South Shetland Islands
, Antarctica.
The cove is named after the settlement of Vrabcha
in western Bulgaria
.
Heywood Island
Heywood Island is the largest of the islands off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending , with a surface area of . The feature is ice-free, low and horseshoe-shaped, its west coast indented for 1 km by Vrabcha Cove...
off the northwest coast of Robert Island
Robert Island (South Shetland Islands)
Robert Island or Mitchells Island or Polotsk Island or Roberts Island is an island long and wide, situated between Nelson Island and Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands. Robert Island is located at . Surface area...
in the South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...
, Antarctica.
The cove is named after the settlement of Vrabcha
Vrabcha
Vrabcha is a small divided village in Tran municipality, Pernik Province. It is located in western Bulgaria, 70 km from the capital city of Sofia and 10 km from the town of Tran. The village was first mentioned in 1453 as Vrabets ; its name is derived from the Bulgarian word for cock sparrow,...
in western Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
.
Location
Vrabcha Cove is located at 62°19′16"S 59°41′27"W. Bulgarian mapping in 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
