Berende Cove
cove in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Berende Cove (Bulgarian: залив Беренде, romanized: zaliv Berende, IPA: [ˈzaliv bɛrɛnˈdɛ]) is the 3.3 km wide cove indenting for 1.15 km the southwest coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Entered south of Pelishat Point.
The cove is named after the settlements of Berende in western Bulgaria.
Location
Berende Cove is located at 62°28′25″S 59°58′35″W. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.
Map
L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Archived 2008-04-24 at the Wayback Machine Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
References
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission.
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