Kramolin Cove
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Kramolin Cove is the 1.92 km wide cove indenting for 900 m the southwest coast of Greenwich Island
Greenwich Island (South Shetland Islands)
Greenwich Island is an island long and from wide, lying between Robert Island and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. 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. Entered between Yovkov Point
Yovkov Point
Yovkov Point is a point on the southwest coast of Greenwich Island, Antarctica projecting 150 m southwards into McFarlane Strait, forming the northwest side of the entrance to Kramolin Cove. Formed as a result of Murgash Glacier's retreat in the late 20th and early 21st century...

 and Kaspichan Point
Kaspichan Point
Kaspichan Point is a point on the southeast side of the entrance to Kramolin Cove on the southwest coast of Greenwich Island, Antarctica. Situated next west of Hebrizelm Hill, 1.4 km northwest of Triangle Point, 2 km south-southwest of Tile Ridge, and 2 km southeast of Yovkov Point...

. Shape enhanced as a result of Murgash Glacier
Murgash Glacier
Murgash Glacier is the 3.4 km long and 3.2 km wide glacier situated east and southeast of Lloyd Hill, west of Tile Ridge and northwest of Hebrizelm Hill on Greenwich Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...

’s retreat in the late 20th and early 21st century.

The cove is named after the settlement of Kramolin
Kramolin
Kramolin is a village in the municipality of Sevlievo, in Gabrovo Province, in northern central Bulgaria.Kramolin Cove in Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Kramolin.-References:...

 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

Kramolin Cove is located at 62°30′37"S 59°53′00"W. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

Map

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