Tuida Cove (, ‘Zaliv Tuida’ \'za-liv tu-'i-da\) is the 4.13 km wide cove indenting for 1.56 km the southeast coast of Nelson Island in the

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. It is entered east of Ivan Alexander Point and west of

Slavotin Point Slavotin Point (, ‘Nos Slavotin’ \'nos 'sla-vo-tin\) is the low rocky point on the southeast coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica forming the east side of the entrance to Tuida Cove and the west side of the entranc ...

. The cove's shape is enhanced as a result of glacier retreat in the late 20th and early 21st century. The feature is named after the ancient and medieval fortress of Tuida in southeastern

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Location

Tuida Cove is located at .

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

Tuida Cove.

SCAR A scar (or scar tissue) is an area of fibrosis, fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury. Scars result from the biological process of wound repair in the skin, as well as in other Organ (anatomy), organs, and biological tissue, t ...

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Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.

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basic data
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External links

Tuida Cove.
Copernix satellite image Geography of Nelson Island (South Shetland Islands) Coves of the South Shetland Islands Bulgaria and the Antarctic {{NelsonIsland-geo-stub