Kruni Cove

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Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands. Robert-Island-location-map.png
Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Livingston-Island-Map-2010.jpg
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Kruni Cove (Bulgarian : залив Круни, ‘Zaliv Kruni’ \'za-liv 'kru-ni\) is the 900 m wide cove indenting for 1.15 km the east coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is entered south of Kitchen Point and north of Galiche Rock off Somovit Point.

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The feature is named after the ancient Thracian town of Kruni in northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Kruni Cove is located at 62°23′34″S59°21′20″W / 62.39278°S 59.35556°W / -62.39278; -59.35556 Coordinates: 62°23′34″S59°21′20″W / 62.39278°S 59.35556°W / -62.39278; -59.35556 . Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

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Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research organization

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is an interdisciplinary body of the International Council for Science (ICSU).

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 of Bulgaria.


This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.