Inepta Cove (62°42′S 60°18′W / 62.700°S 60.300°W / -62.700; -60.300) is a cove on the northwest side of Rozhen Peninsula, part of False Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The feature's configuration has changed markedly, and it has eventually disappeared as a result of the retreat of Huntress Glacier during the last decade of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st century.[1][2]

Location of Rozhen Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Livingston Island.

The feature was named "Caleta Inepta" (unapt cove) on a 1954 Argentine navy chart, which reflects the inadequacy of the cove as an anchorage. This name has been approved with an English generic term.

Maps

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  • L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands (from English Strait to Morton Strait, with illustrations and ice-cover distribution). 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
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

Notes

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  1. ^ Isla Livingston: Península Hurd. Mapa topográfico de escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1991. (The map is reproduced on p. 16 of the linked work; featuring Inepta Cove)
  2. ^ L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. (The local coastline in 2017, Inepta Cove no longer existing)

References

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  This article incorporates public domain material from "Inepta Cove". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.