Mateev Cove

Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Aldan Rock from South Bay, with Krakra Bluff in the background.

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Mateev Cove (Bulgarian: Матеев залив, ‘Mateev Zaliv’ \ma-'te-ev 'za-liv\) 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 (62°39′13.5″S 60°35′04.2″W / 62.653750°S 60.584500°W / -62.653750; -60.584500) 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 (1940–2010) for his support for the Bulgarian Antarctic programme.

Location

Mateev Cove is located at 62°39′06″S 60°35′32″W / 62.65167°S 60.59222°W / -62.65167; -60.59222Coordinates: 62°39′06″S 60°35′32″W / 62.65167°S 60.59222°W / -62.65167; -60.59222. British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009.

Maps

• L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

References

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
• Mateev Cove. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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