Retizhe Cove
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Retizhe Cove is the 5.8 km wide cove indenting for 6.2 km the south coast of Trinity Peninsula
in Graham Land
, Antarctica. Part of Duse Bay
, entered between Boil Point
to the west and Garvan Point
to the east.
The cove is named after the Retizhe River in Pirin Mountain
, Southwestern Bulgaria.
Trinity Peninsula
Trinity Peninsula is the extreme northern portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, extending northeastward for about from a line connecting Cape Kjellman and Cape Longing. Dating back more than a century, chartmakers used various names for this portion of the Antarctic peninsula, each name having some...
in Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
, Antarctica. Part of Duse Bay
Duse Bay
Duse Bay is a bay indenting the south side of Trinity Peninsula between View Point and the west side of Tabarin Peninsula. It was discovered by a party under J. Gunnar Andersson, of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04. Duse Bay was named by Nordenskjold, leader of the Swedish Antarctic...
, entered between Boil Point
Boil Point
Boil Point is the point forming the west side of the entrance to Retizhe Cove on the south coast of Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.The point is named after the settlement of Boil in Northeastern Bulgaria.-Location:...
to the west and Garvan Point
Garvan Point
Garvan Point is the point forming the east side of the entrance to Retizhe Cove on the south coast of Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.The point is named after the settlements of Garvan in Northern and Northeastern Bulgaria.-Location:...
to the east.
The cove is named after the Retizhe River in Pirin Mountain
Pirin
The Pirin Mountains are a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria, with Vihren the highest peak, situated at . The range extends about 40 km northwest-southeast, and about 25 km wide. Most of the range is protected in the Pirin National Park...
, Southwestern Bulgaria.
Location
Retizhe Cove is centred at 63°28′10"S 57°25′30"W. German-British mapping in 1996.Map
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.