Bononia Cove

Bononia Cove is a cove on the southeast coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is wide and indents . It is entered west of Ivan Alexander Point. The cove's shape has been altered by glacial retreat in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

Name

The feature is named () after the ancient Roman town of Bononia in northwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Bononia Cove is located at .

Maps

• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

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

External links

• Bononia Cove. Copernix satellite image