Tuida Cove

Tuida 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 east of Ivan Alexander Point and west of Slavotin 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 and medieval fortress of Tuida in southeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Tuida 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

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

External links

• Tuida Cove. Copernix satellite image