Desislava Cove () is a wide cove indenting for the

Nordenskjöld Coast The Nordenskjöld Coast (64° 30' S 60° 30' W) is located on the Antarctic Peninsula, more specifically Graham Land, which is the top region of the Peninsula. The Peninsula is a thin, long ice sheet with an Alpine-style mountain chain. The coast ...

Graham Land Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee ...

west of Cape Worsley, Antarctica. It was formed as a result of the retreat of Aleksiev Glacier and Kladorub Glacier in the early 21st century.

Location

Desislava Cove is on the

of the

Antarctic Peninsula The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martin in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica. ...

. It is southeast of the southern end of the Detroit Plateau, and opens onto the

Weddell Sea The Weddell Sea is part of the Southern Ocean and contains the Weddell Gyre. Its land boundaries are defined by the bay formed from the coasts of Coats Land and the Antarctic Peninsula. The easternmost point is Cape Norvegia at Princess Martha C ...

to the south. Odrin Bay is to the northeast and

Solari Bay Drygalski Glacier () is a broad glacier, long which flows southeast from Herbert Plateau through a rectangular re-entrant to a point immediately north of Sentinel Nunatak on the east coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Location Drygalski Glac ...

is to the southwest.

Name

Desislava Cove is named after Desislava a 13th century Bulgarian

sebastokrator ''Sebastokrator'' (, ; ; ), was a senior court title in the late Byzantine Empire. It was also used by other rulers whose states bordered the Empire or were within its sphere of influence (Bulgarian Empire, Serbian Empire). The word is a compound ...

Features

Vrachesh Glacier

A long and wide glacier situated southwest of Kladorub Glacier and northeast of

Enravota Glacier Drygalski Glacier () is a broad glacier, long which flows southeast from Herbert Plateau through a rectangular re-entrant to a point immediately north of Sentinel Nunatak on the east coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Location Drygalski Glac ...

. Draining the southeast slopes of Detroit Plateau, flowing southeastwards, and south of Papiya Nunatak turning east to enter Desislava Cove northeast of Richard Knoll. Named after the settlement of Vrachesh in Western Bulgaria.

Richard Knoll

A coastal feature mid way between Cape Worsley and Sentinel Nunatak. Named after Mr Richard Harbour who contributed significantly to the

British Antarctic Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of list of global issues, global issues, and to provide an active prese ...

(BAS) survey programme during two years of fieldwork in the

Trinity Peninsula Trinity Peninsula is the northernmost part of the Antarctic Peninsula. It extends northeastward for about 130 km (80 mi) to Cape Dubouzet from an imaginary line connecting Cape Kater on the north-west coast and Cape Longing on the sou ...

and

areas, and in 1966 in the

Bransfield Strait Bransfield Strait or Fleet Sea () is a body of water about wide extending for in a general northeast – southwest direction between the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula. History The strait was named in about 1825 by James W ...

Cruyt Spur

. A rocky spur northeast of Ruth Ridge, extending southeast from the south wall of Detroit Plateau. Mapped from surveys by the

Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey The Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) was an aerial survey of the Falkland Islands Dependencies The Falkland Islands Dependencies was the constitutional arrangement from 1843 until 1985 for administering the v ...

(FIDS) (1960–61). Named by the

UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) an ...

(UK-APC) for William Cruyt, Belgian army engineer who designed the first "auto-polaire" in 1907.

Kladorub Glacier

. A long and wide glacier situated southwest of Aleksiev Glacier and northeast of Vrachesh Glacier. Draining the southeast slopes of Detroit Plateau, flowing southeastwards between Cruyt Spur and Papiya Nunatak, and turning east to enter Desislava Cove. Named after the settlement of

Kladorub Kladorub ( {{IPA, bg, kɫɐdoˈrup}) is a village in northwestern Bulgaria. It is located in Vidin region, Dimovo Municipality. Geography Archar river floats near the village. History Kladorub lies upon the remains of an ancient village. The ...

in Northwestern Bulgaria.

Papiya Nunatak

. A rocky hill rising to high in the south foothills of Detroit Plateau. Situated north of the terminus of Drygalski Glacier, south-southwest of Cruyt Spur and west by south of Cape Worsley. Named after Papiya Peak on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast.

Glazne Buttress

. An ice-covered buttress rising to high in the southeast foothills of Detroit Plateau. Situated between Arrol Icefall and upper Aleksiev Glacier, north of Papiya Nunatak. Precipitous, partly ice-free northeast and south slopes. Named after the

Glazne The Glazne () is a river in south-western Bulgaria, a right tributary of the Iztok (river), Iztok, itself a right tributary of the river Nestos (river), Mesta. The river is 11 km long and drains parts of the northeastern slopes of the Pirin ...

river in Southwestern Bulgaria.

Aleksiev Glacier

. A long and wide glacier situated northeast of Kladorub Glacier and south of the glacier featuring Arrol Icefall. Draining the southeast slopes of Detroit Plateau, and flowing east-southeastwards to enter Desislava Cove. Named after the Bulgarian artist and writer

Rayko Aleksiev Rayko Nikolov Aleksiev (; 7 March 1893 – 18 November 1944) was a Bulgarian Painting, painter, caricaturist, and writer of feuilletons. He established ''Shturets'', a hugely successful satirical newspaper, in 1932. Known for his uncompro ...

(1893-1944).

Raven Peninsula

. A mostly ice-covered peninsula projecting southeastwards, and wide. Bounded by Odrin Bay to the north and Desislava Cove to the SW, and ending in Cape Worsley to the southeast. Formed as a result of the retreat of Aleksiev Glacier and the glacier featuring Arrol Icefall in the early 21st century. Named after the town of

Raven A raven is any of several large-bodied passerine bird species in the genus '' Corvus''. These species do not form a single taxonomic group within the genus. There is no consistent distinction between crows and ravens; the two names are assigne ...

in medieval Southwestern Bulgaria.

Cape Worsley

. A dome-shaped cape high high with snow-free cliffs on the south and east sides, lying east of the south end of Detroit Plateau. Charted by the FIDS in 1947 and named for Commander

Frank Worsley Frank Arthur Worsley (22 February 1872 – 1 February 1943) was a New Zealand sailor and explorer who served on Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1916, as captain of ''Endurance''. He also served in the Royal ...

, British polar explorer and member of Sir

Ernest Shackleton Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarcti ...

's expeditions of 1914-16 and 1921-22.

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