Smith Cove (, ) is the 1.17 km wide cove indenting for 1.33 km the east coast of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is entered north of Ilyo Point and south of Kakrina Point, and has its head fed by Banari Glacier.
The cove is named after the British sealer Thomas Smith who narrated his four seasons in the Antarctic in a book published in 1844.Smith Cove. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of AntarcticaT.W. Smith. A Narrative of the Life, Travels and Sufferings of Thomas W. Smith. Boston: W.C. Hill, 1844. 240 pp.
Location Smith Cove is centred at . British mapping in 1972 and 2009.
Maps British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 61 54. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1972. South Shetland Islands: Elephant, Clarence and Gibbs Islands. Scale 1:220000 topographic map. UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, 2009. Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
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References Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links Smith Cove. Adjusted Copernix satellite image