Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Velcha Cove (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Velcha Cove (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Cove
This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The 400 m wide cove indenting for 680 m the E coast of Astrolabe Island in Bransfield Strait. Centred 2.6 km S by E of Kanarata Point, 700 m SW of Papazov Island and 3.3 km NE of Sherrell Point. Surmounted by Drumohar Peak on the NW and Rogach Peak on the S. German-British mapping in 1996.
Named after Velcha Peak in Eastern Balkan Mountains.
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