Mateev Cove (Bulgarian: Матеев залив, ‘Mateev Zaliv’ \ma-'te-ev 'za-liv\) is the 700 m wide cove indenting for 290 m the south coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Part of South Bay, entered east of Yasen Point. Aldan Rock (62°39′13.5″S 60°35′04.2″W / 62.653750°S 60.584500°W) is the largest in a small group of rocks lying off the eastern part of the cove. The UK base camp Station P operated at the cove’s head during the 1957/58 summer season.
The cove is named after the Bulgarian physicist Matey Mateev (1940–2010) for his support for the Bulgarian Antarctic programme.
Mateev Cove is located at 62°39′06″S 60°35′32″W / 62.65167°S 60.59222°WCoordinates: 62°39′06″S 60°35′32″W / 62.65167°S 60.59222°W. British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009.