- Source: Desislava Cove
Desislava Cove (64°38′45″S 60°26′50″W) is a 3.3 kilometres (2.1 mi) wide cove indenting for 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) the Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land west of Cape Worsley, Antarctica.
It was formed as a result of the retreat of Aleksiev Glacier and Kladorub Glacier in the early 21st century.
Location
Desislava Cove is on the Nordenskjöld Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.
It is southeast of the southern end of the Detroit Plateau, and opens onto the Weddell Sea to the south.
Odrin Bay is to the northeast and Solari Bay is to the southwest.
Name
Desislava Cove is named after Desislava a 13th century Bulgarian sebastokrator.
Features
= Vrachesh Glacier
=64°40′40″S 60°42′00″W
A 10.3 kilometres (6.4 mi) long and 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) wide glacier situated southwest of Kladorub Glacier and northeast of Enravota Glacier.
Draining the southeast slopes of Detroit Plateau, flowing southeastwards, and south of Papiya Nunatak turning east to enter Desislava Cove northeast of Richard Knoll.
Named after the settlement of Vrachesh in Western Bulgaria.
= Richard Knoll
=64°42′00″S 60°37′30″W
A coastal feature mid way between Cape Worsley and Sentinel Nunatak.
Named after Mr Richard Harbour who contributed significantly to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) survey programme during two years of fieldwork in the Trinity Peninsula and Nordenskjöld Coast areas, and in 1966 in the Bransfield Strait.
= Cruyt Spur
=64°37′S 60°42′W.
A rocky spur 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) northeast of Ruth Ridge, extending 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) southeast from the south wall of Detroit Plateau.
Mapped from surveys by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1960–61).
Named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for William Cruyt, Belgian army engineer who designed the first "auto-polaire" in 1907.
= Kladorub Glacier
=64°39′20″S 60°37′00″W.
A 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) long and 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) wide glacier situated southwest of Aleksiev Glacier and northeast of Vrachesh Glacier.
Draining the southeast slopes of Detroit Plateau, flowing southeastwards between Cruyt Spur and Papiya Nunatak, and turning east to enter Desislava Cove.
Named after the settlement of Kladorub in Northwestern Bulgaria.
= Papiya Nunatak
=64°40′23″S 60°40′31″W.
A rocky hill rising to 666 metres (2,185 ft) high in the south foothills of Detroit Plateau.
Situated north of the terminus of Drygalski Glacier, 6.2 kilometres (3.9 mi) south-southwest of Cruyt Spur and 14.6 kilometres (9.1 mi) west by south of Cape Worsley.
Named after Papiya Peak on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast.
= Glazne Buttress
=64°35′10″S 60°38′40″W.
An ice-covered buttress rising to 1,730 metres (5,680 ft) high in the southeast foothills of Detroit Plateau.
Situated between Arrol Icefall and upper Aleksiev Glacier, 9.85 kilometres (6.12 mi) north of Papiya Nunatak.
Precipitous, partly ice-free northeast and south slopes.
Named after the Glazne river in Southwestern Bulgaria.
= Aleksiev Glacier
=64°37′30″S 60°32′00″W.
A 10.5 kilometres (6.5 mi) long and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) wide glacier situated northeast of Kladorub Glacier and south of the glacier featuring Arrol Icefall.
Draining the southeast slopes of Detroit Plateau, and flowing east-southeastwards to enter Desislava Cove.
Named after the Bulgarian artist and writer Rayko Aleksiev (1893-1944).
= Raven Peninsula
=64°38′00″S 60°23′00″W.
A mostly ice-covered peninsula projecting 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) southeastwards, and 5.2 kilometres (3.2 mi) wide.
Bounded by Odrin Bay to the north and Desislava Cove to the SW, and ending in Cape Worsley to the southeast.
Formed as a result of the retreat of Aleksiev Glacier and the glacier featuring Arrol Icefall in the early 21st century.
Named after the town of Raven in medieval Southwestern Bulgaria.
= Cape Worsley
=64°39′S 60°24′W.
A dome-shaped cape 225 metres (738 ft) high high with snow-free cliffs on the south and east sides, lying 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) east of the south end of Detroit Plateau.
Charted by the FIDS in 1947 and named for Commander Frank Worsley, British polar explorer and member of Sir Ernest Shackleton's expeditions of 1914-16 and 1921-22.
