Zornitsa Cove
Encyclopedia
Zornitsa Cove is the 7 km wide cove indenting for 3.1 km the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
, Antarctica. Entered between Rowe Point
and Scesa Point
on the west side of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula
. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.
The cove is named after the settlements of Zornitsa
in southeastern, northeastern and southwestern Bulgaria
.
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. Entered between Rowe Point
Rowe Point
Rowe Point is a sharp, low ice-free point on the southeast coast of Barclay Bay in western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica....
and Scesa Point
Scesa Point
Scesa Point is a rounded, low ice-free tipped point on the west coast of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula, western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica forming the north side of the entrance to Zornitsa Cove.-Location:...
on the west side of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula
Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula
Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula is an ice-covered peninsula on the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica that is bounded by Hero Bay to the east and Barclay Bay to the west. It extends 13 km in length in north-south direction and is 8 km wide...
. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.
The cove is named after the settlements of Zornitsa
Zornitsa, Burgas Province
Zornitsa, Burgas Province is a village in the municipality of Sredets, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria.Zornitsa Cove in Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Zornitsa....
in southeastern, northeastern and southwestern 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
Zornitsa Cove is located at 62°34′10"S 60°50′50"W. British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1991, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 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
