Vrabcha Cove
Vrabcha Cove is the 900 m wide cove indenting for 1 km the west coast of Heywood Island off the northwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The cove is named after the settlement of Vrabcha in western Bulgaria.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Heywood Island and Rogozen Island.
Heywood Island
Island
Heywood Island is the largest of the islands off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is named after Captain Peter Heywood, RN, commanding HMS Nereus off the east coast of South America in 1810–13, formerly a midshipman in HMS Bounty under Captain William Bligh.
Rogozen Island
Islet
Rogozen Island is a conspicuous island off the northwest coast of Robert Island, South Shetland Islands situated 920 m north-northeast of Cornwall Island, 470 m south-southwest of Heywood Island, and 1.74 km northwest of Svetulka Island in the Onogur group.
Cornwall Island
Islet
Cornwall Island is a low ice-free island off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surface area 15 hectares. Mónica Rock is lying 1.65 km west of the island and 3.4 km north of Passage Rock, 2.84 km east of Table Island and 2 km south of Potmess Rocks.
Vrabcha Cove
- Type: Bay
- Description: cove
- Categories: cove and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.31972° or 62° 19′ 11″ southLongitude
-59.69816° or 59° 41′ 53″ westOpen location code
3892M8J2+4POpenStreetMap ID
node 6399510248OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
8521162Wikidata ID
Q58490
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Swedish—“Vrabcha Cove” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Vrabça buxtası”
- Chinese: “弗拉布查灣”
- German: “Vrabcha Cove”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vrabcha Cove”
- Spanish: “Caleta Vrabcha”
- Spanish: “Vrabcha Cove”
- Swedish: “Vrabcha Cove”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Captain Arturo Prat and Ficheto Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Monica Rock and Grod Island.
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