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Baba Tonka Cove (Bulgarian: залив Баба Тонка, ‘Zaliv Baba Tonka’ \'za-liv 'ba-ba 'ton-ka) is the 1.1 km wide cove indenting for 750 m the north coast of Byers Peninsula between Villard Point and Varadero Point on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
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The cove is named after the Bulgarian revolutionary and national hero Tonka Obretenova – ‘Baba (Grandma) Tonka’ (1812–1893).
Location
Baba Tonka Cove is located at 62°36′45″S 61°04′13″W. British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1993 and Bulgarian in 2009.
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