Mateev Cove


Mateev Cove is the 700 m wide cove indenting for 290 m the south coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Part of South Bay, entered east of Yasen Point. Aldan Rock is the largest in a small group of rocks lying off the eastern part of the cove.
The UK base camp Station P operated at the cove's head during the 1957/58 summer season.
The cove is named after the Bulgarian physicist Matey Mateev for his support for the Bulgarian Antarctic programme.

Location

Mateev Cove is located at. British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009.

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