Linevo Cove ( bg, залив Линево, ‘Zaliv Linevo’ \'za-liv 'li-ne-vo\) is the 900 m wide cove on

Boyd Strait Boyd Strait is the wide strait lying between Snow Island and Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, and linking Drake Passage and the Bransfield Strait. The strait was named in 1823 by a British expedition under James Weddell ...

indenting for 560 m the southeast coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, and entered northeast of

Kubadin Point Kubadin Point ( bg, нос Кубадин, ‘Nos Kubadin’ \'nos ku-ba-'din\) is the ice-covered point on the southwest side of the entrance to Linevo Cove on the southeast coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The ...

. Its head is fed by

Ritya Glacier Ritya Glacier ( bg, ледник Ритя, lednik Ritya, ) is the steep 1.8 km long and 1.4 km wide glacier draining the southeast slopes of Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is situated north ...

. The cove is named after the settlement of

Dolno Linevo Dolno Linevo ( bg, Долно Линево) is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria. It is located in Lom Municipality, Montana Province. The village is situated on the right bank of the Danube River. Linevo Cove in Smith Island, Antarctica is na ...

in Northwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Linevo Cove is located at , which is 6.6 km southwest of Cape Smith. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2010.

Maps

Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c.
from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822. * L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. (First edition 2009. )
South Shetland Islands: Smith and Low Islands.
Scale 1:150000 topographic map No. 13677. British Antarctic Survey, 2009.
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.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.

Antarctic Place-names Commission The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria. The Commission approves Bulgarian place names in ...

. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)
Linevo Cove.
SCAR

Composite Antarctic Gazetteer The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about t ...

External links

Linevo Cove.
Copernix satellite image Smith-Cliff-Frohlich

Bulgaria and the Antarctic Coves of Smith Island (South Shetland Islands) {{SmithIsland-geo-stub