Baba Tonka Cove [SEP] continent
Baba Tonka Cove
Baba Tonka Cove (, ‘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.
The cove is named after the Bulgarian revolutionary and national hero Tonka Obretenova – ‘Baba (Grandma) Tonka’ (1812–1893).
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Tonka Obretenova
Tonka Obretenova (), known as Baba Tonka (Баба Тонка), was a female Bulgarian revolutionary, born in 1812 in Rousse.
Her parents, Toncho Postavchiyata (Тончо Поставчията) and Minka Toncheva (Минка Тончева), were from the village of Cherven. She married Tiho Obretenov — a famous tailor and tradesman in Rousse. They had seven children (five sons and two daughters) all of whom participated in the Bulgarian revolutionary movement. Obretenova herself lent major support to the revolutionary committee - she was