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Mateev Cove (Bulgarian: Матеев залив, ‘Mateev Zaliv’ ma-'te-ev 'za-liv) is the 700 m wide cove indenting for 290 m the south coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Part of South Bay, entered east of Yasen Point. Aldan Rock (62°39′13.5″S 60°35′04.2″W) is the largest in a small group of rocks lying off the eastern part of the cove. The UK base camp Station P operated at the cove’s head during the 1957/58 summer season.
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The cove is named after the Bulgarian physicist Matey Mateev (1940–2010) for his support for the Bulgarian Antarctic programme.
Location
Mateev Cove is located at 62°39′06″S 60°35′32″W. British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009.
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