Mindya Cove
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Mindya Cove is a 2.4 km wide cove indenting for 1.5 km the northwest coast of Tower Island
in the Palmer Archipelago
, Antarctica. Entered between Cape Leguillou
and Kranevo Point
.
The cove is named after the settlement of Mindya in northern Bulgaria
.
Tower Island
Tower Island is an Antarctic island long and high, lying northeast of Trinity Island and marking the northeast extent of Palmer Archipelago...
in the Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula....
, Antarctica. Entered between Cape Leguillou
Cape Leguillou
Cape Leguillou is a point which forms the north tip of Tower Island, at the northeast end of Palmer Archipelago. Charted by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, 1837–40, and named by him for Elie Le Guillou, a surgeon on the expedition ship the charts of the d'Urville...
and Kranevo Point
Kranevo Point
Kranevo Point is a rocky point on the northwest coast of Tower Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica forming the south side of the entrance to Mindya Cove...
.
The cove is named after the settlement of Mindya in northern 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
Mindya Cove is located at 63°33′10"S 59°51′00"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.