Argonavt Cove

Argonavt Cove (Bulgarian: залив Аргонавт, ‘Zaliv Argonavt’ \'za-liv ar-go-'navt\) is the 1.85 km wide cove indenting for 950 m the north coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is entered east of Retamales Point and west of Baklan Point.

Location of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands

The cove is named after the ocean fishing trawler Agonavt of the Bulgarian company Ocean Fisheries – Burgas that operated in Antarctic waters off South Georgia and the South Orkney Islands during its fishing trip under Captain Kosyo Angelov from December 1978 to July 1979.[1] A designated onboard team of marine biologists undertook fisheries research in the process.</ref>The Bulgarian fishermen, along with those of the Soviet Union, Poland and East Germany are the pioneers of modern Antarctic fishing industry.<ref>L. Ivanov. History of Bulgarian Polar Research: 30 years Bulgarian Antarctic expeditions. Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, May 2020. 6 pp.

Location

Argonavt Cove is centred at 62°15′10″S 59°07′25″W. British mapping in 1968.

Maps

Notes
  1. "SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica". data.aad.gov.au. Retrieved 2018-12-28.

References


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


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