Cabut Cove
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Cabut Cove is the 1.08 km wide cove indenting for 1 km the northwest coast of Smith Island
Smith Island (South Shetland Islands)
Smith Island is long and wide, lying west of Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands of the British Antarctic Territory. 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 and entered between Markeli Point
Markeli Point
Markeli Point is a point on the northwest coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, projecting 1.2 km west-southwestwards into Drake Passage. Situated on the north side of the entrance to Cabut Cove 14.5 km southwest of Cape Smith, 2 km south-southwest of...

 and Jireček Point
Jireček Point
Jireček Point is the point on the northwest coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica forming the south side of the entrance to Cabut Cove and the northeast side of the entrance to Bourchier Cove...

. Part of its coast is formed by the terminus
Glacier terminus
A glacier terminus, or snout, is the end of a glacier at any given point in time. Although glaciers seem motionless to the observer, in reality glaciers are in endless motion and the glacier terminus is always either advancing or retreating...

 of Yablanitsa Glacier
Yablanitsa Glacier
Yablanitsa Glacier is a 1.8 km long glacier on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands draining the northwest slopes of Imeon Range and flowing west of Drinov Peak into Cabut Cove. The feature is named after the town of Yablanitsa in northern Bulgaria....

. The feature's name is given by Argentina.

Location

Cabut Cove is centred at 62°56′18.5"S 62°32′22"W which is 14.13 km southwest of Cape Smith
Cape Smith
Cape Smith is a cape forming the north end of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The discovery of the South Shetland Islands was first reported in 1819 by Captain William Smith, for whom the cape is named.-Location:...

 and 19.82 km north-northeast of Cape James
Cape James
Cape James is a cape which forms the south tip of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The name appears on a chart based upon the 1828-31 British naval expedition under Captain Henry Foster, and is now well established in international usage.-Location:The point is located at ...

(Bulgarian mapping in 2009).

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