Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Bourchier Cove (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Bourchier Cove (The name as it would appear on a map)
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This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The 2.35 km wide cove indenting for 860 m the NW coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands. Entered between Jirecek Point and Villagra Point. Bulgarian mapping in 2009. Named after Bourchier Peak in Rila Mountain, Southwestern Bulgaria in connection with the British journalist and Bulgarian activist James Bourchier (1850-1920). Approved on June 3, 2010.
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