Skaptopara Cove

Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Skaptopara Cove in the background, seen from Aitcho Islands.

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Skaptopara Cove (Zaliv Skaptopara \'za-liv ska-pto-'pa-ra\) is a 2 km wide cove indenting for 900 m the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica east of Aprilov Point. Situated northeast of Sevtopolis Peak, southeast of Ongley Island and northwest of Mount Plymouth. Shape enhanced as a result of Teteven Glacier’s retreat in the late 20th and early 21st century.

The cove is named after the ancient Thracian town of Skaptopara, ancestor of the present Bulgarian city of Blagoevgrad.

Location

The cove is located at 62°26′55″S 59°50′58″W / 62.44861°S 59.84944°W / -62.44861; -59.84944Coordinates: 62°26′55″S 59°50′58″W / 62.44861°S 59.84944°W / -62.44861; -59.84944 (British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).

Maps

• L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
• 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

References

• SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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