Kukuzel Cove

{{Short description|Cove in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica}}

File:Livingston-Island-Map-2010-15.png

Kukuzel Cove ({{langx|bg|залив Кукузел|zaliv Kukuzel}}, {{IPA|bg|ˈzalif kokoˈzɛɫ|IPA}}) is the 1.18 km wide cove indenting for 620 m the north coast of Byers Peninsula between Lair Point and Villard Point on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

The cove is “named after the famous Bulgarian church music composer and singer St. Yoan Kukuzel (1280–1360).”[https://data.antarctica.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=134728 Kukuzel Cove.] SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Location

Kukuzel Cove is located at {{coord|62|36|57|S|61|02|50|W|display=inline,title}}. British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1993 and Bulgarian in 2009.

Maps

[https://web.archive.org/web/20131109084308/http://hercules.cedex.es/Ecosistemas/ByersRadar.pdf#55#55 Península Byers, Isla Livingston.] Mapa topográfico a escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1992.
L.L. Ivanov. [http://apcbg.org/image023.jpg 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}}
[http://www.add.scar.org Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).] Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. {{ISBN|978-619-90008-3-0}}

Notes

References

[http://apcbg.org/gazet-bg.pdf Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.] Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, [http://apcbg.org/gazet.pdf basic data] in English)
[http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=134728 Kukuzel Cove.] SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

External links

[https://copernix.io/#?where=-61.05132041537479,-62.615003946107436,15&?query=&?map_type=hybrid Kukuzel Cove.] Copernix satellite image

Category:Coves of Livingston Island

Category:Bulgaria and the Antarctic