Hvoyna Cove

Hvoyna Cove (Bulgarian: залив Хвойна, ‘Zaliv Hvoyna’ \'za-liv 'hvoy-na\) is the 1.7 km wide cove indenting for 1 km Davis Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is part of Jordanoff Bay entered east of Wennersgaard Point and west of Kamenar Point. The cove is named after the settlement of in Southern Bulgaria.

Location[]

Hvoyna Cove is centred at

63°51′00″S 59°55′20″W / 63.85000°S 59.92222°W / -63.85000; -59.92222Coordinates: 63°51′00″S 59°55′20″W / 63.85000°S 59.92222°W / -63.85000; -59.92222. German-British mapping in 1996.

Maps[]

• Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References[]

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
• Hvoyna Cove. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer

External links[]

• Hvoyna Cove. Copernix satellite image

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