Charybdis Cove is the 1.2 km wide cove indenting for 580 m the northwest coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and entered between Organpipe Point to the north and Slab Point to the south.
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The feature is named after the Charybdis, a mythical Greek sea monster which wrecked ships and devoured sailors.
Location
editThe cove is centred at 62°28′38.2″S 60°09′13.5″W / 62.477278°S 60.153750°W which is 16.25 km northeast of Siddins Point and 2.92 km south-southwest of Williams Point (British mapping in 1968, and Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).
Maps
edit- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
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