Vapa Cove (, ) is the 1.65 km wide cove indenting for 1.1 km the west coast of

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in the

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. It is entered north of Polezhan Point and south of Disilitsa Point, and has its head fed by Pleystor Glacier. The cove is named after Vapa Peak in Rila Mountain, Bulgaria.

Location

Vapa Cove is centred at . British mapping in 1980.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory.
Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1980.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

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 (Bulgaria), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria. The Commis ...

. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)
Vapa Cove.
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

External links

Vapa Cove.
Copernix satellite image Coves of Graham Land Bulgaria and the Antarctic Liège Island {{LiegeIsland-geo-stub