Pakusha Cove Explained

Pakusha Cove (Bulgarian: залив Пакуша, ‘Zaliv Pakusha’ \'za-liv pa-'ku-sha\) is the 970 m wide cove on Boyd Strait indenting for 450 m the southeast coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, and entered northeast of Varbak Point. Its head is fed by Nosei Glacier.

The cove is named after Pakusha River in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Pakusha Cove is located at -62.9361°N -62.3778°W, which is 8 km southwest of Cape Smith. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2010.

Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c. from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822.
L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. (First edition 2009.)
South Shetland Islands: Smith and Low Islands. Scale 1:150000 topographic map No. 13677. British Antarctic Survey, 2009.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017.