Skaptopara Cove (, ) is a 2 km wide cove indenting for 900 m the north coast of

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in the

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east of

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and west of Terimer Point. Situated northeast of

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, southeast of

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and northwest of

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. The shape of the cove was enhanced as a result of

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’s retreat in the late 20th and early 21st century. The cove is named after the ancient

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town of Skaptopara, ancestor of the present

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n city of

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Location

The cove is centred at (British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, and Bulgarian in 2005, 2009 and 2017).

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. * L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017.

References

Skaptopara Cove.
SCAR

Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica 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 th ...

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.

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. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)

External links

Skaptopara Cove.
Copernix satellite image Coves of Greenwich Island {{GreenwichIsland-geo-stub