Zlatni Pyasatsi Cove (Bulgarian: залив Златни пясъци, ‘Zaliv Zlatni Pyasatsi’ \'za-liv 'zla-tni 'pya-sa-tsi\) is the 1.4 km wide cove indenting for 1.1 km the southeast coast of Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands in Antarctica southwest of Trifonov Point. The feature is “named after the freezer vessel Zlatni Pyasatsi of the Bulgarian company Ocean Fisheries – Burgas whose ships operated in the waters of South Georgia, Kerguelen, the South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula from 1970 to the early 1990s. The Bulgarian fishermen, along with those of the Soviet Union, Poland and East Germany are the pioneers of modern Antarctic fishing industry.”[1]

Location of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands

Location

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Zlatni Pyasatsi Cove is centred at 61°15′00″S 55°11′00″W / 61.25000°S 55.18333°W / -61.25000; -55.18333, which is 3.5 km north-northwest of Cape Lookout. British mapping of the area in 1822,1972 and 2009.

Maps

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Map of Elephant Island

Notes

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References

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