Nishava Cove
Encyclopedia
Nishava Cove is a 1.33 km wide cove indenting for 1 km the north coast of Rugged Island
off the west coast of Byers Peninsula
of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
, Antarctica between Chiprovtsi Islets
and Chiprovtsi Point
on the east, and Cape Sheffield
on the west.
The cove is named after Nishava River in western Bulgaria
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Rugged Island (South Shetland Islands)
Rugged Island is an island long and wide, lying west of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Surface area . The island's summit San Stefano Peak rises to above sea level. Rugged Island is located at...
off the west coast of Byers Peninsula
Byers Peninsula
Byers Peninsula is a mainly ice-free peninsula forming the west end of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. It occupies , and includes the small freshwater Basalt Lake. The area was visited by early 19th century American and British sealers who came almost exclusively from New England,...
of Livingston Island 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 between Chiprovtsi Islets
Chiprovtsi Point
Chiprovtsi Point is a point projecting from the north coast of Rugged Island off the west coast of Byers Peninsula of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, and forming the east side of the entrance to Nishava Cove. Situated west of Ivan Vladislav Point, and ...
and Chiprovtsi Point
Chiprovtsi Point
Chiprovtsi Point is a point projecting from the north coast of Rugged Island off the west coast of Byers Peninsula of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, and forming the east side of the entrance to Nishava Cove. Situated west of Ivan Vladislav Point, and ...
on the east, and Cape Sheffield
Cape Sheffield
Cape Sheffield is a cape forming the northwest extremity of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It was named for Captain James P. Sheffield, Master of the brig Hersilia of Stonington, Connecticut, in 1819–20 and 1820–21, the first American sealer known to have visited the...
on the west.
The cove is named after Nishava River in western 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...
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Location
Nishava Cove is located at 62°37′05"S 61°16′40"W. British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1992 and Bulgarian in 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
