Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Farmakida Cove (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Farmakida Cove (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Cove ( 3 )
This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The 7 km wide cove indenting for 3.3 km the NE coast of Alexander Island, and entered S of Nicholas Point. Surmounted by Mount Calais on the SW. British mapping in 1971.
Named after the ancient Thracian fortress of Farmakida in Southeastern Bulgaria.
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