Kazichene Cove

Location of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Kazichene Cove (Bulgarian: залив Казичене, ‘Zaliv Kazichene’ \'za-liv ka-'zi-che-ne\) is a 2.2 km wide cove on the southeast side of Osmar Strait indenting for 1.3 km the northwest coast of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Entered between Fernandez Point and Solnik Point.

The cove is named after the settlement of Kazichene in western Bulgaria.

Location

Kazichene Cove is located at 63°15′18″S 62°13′40″W / 63.25500°S 62.22778°W / -63.25500; -62.22778Coordinates: 63°15′18″S 62°13′40″W / 63.25500°S 62.22778°W / -63.25500; -62.22778. British mapping in 2009.

Maps

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), 1993–2016.

References

Kazichene Cove. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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

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