Bolbabria Cove ( bg, text=залив Болбабрия, italic=yes, ‘Zaliv Bolbabria’ \'za-liv bol-'ba-bri-ya\) is the 2 km wide cove indenting for 1.85 km the west coast of

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in the Palmer Archipelago,

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. It is entered north of Disilitsa Point and south of the westerly offshoot of

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, and has its head fed by

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. The cove is named after the ancient

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settlement of Bolbabria in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Bolbabria Cove is located at . British mapping in 1978.

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). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.

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. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)
Bolbabria Cove
on AADC website
Bolbabria Cove.
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

External links

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