Linevo Cove

Linevo Cove (Bulgarian: залив Линево, ‘Zaliv Linevo’ \'za-liv 'li-ne-vo\) is the 900 m wide cove on Boyd Strait indenting for 560 m the southeast coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, and entered northeast of Kubadin Point. Its head is fed by Ritya Glacier.

The cove is named after the settlement of Dolno Linevo in Northwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Linevo Cove is located at 62°55′27″S 62°21′50″W / 62.92417°S 62.36389°W / -62.92417; -62.36389, which is 6.6 km southwest of Cape Smith. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2010.

Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c. from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822.
L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)
South Shetland Islands: Smith and Low Islands. Scale 1:150000 topographic map No. 13677. British Antarctic Survey, 2009.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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