Series of beaches in Antarctica
Location of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
South Beaches from
Basalt Lake vicinity on
Byers Peninsula ,
Livingston Island , with
Clark Nunatak ,
Ritli Hill ,
Elephant Point and
Telish Rock in the left background,
Stackpole Rocks on the right and
Deception Island on the horizon
Topographic map of
Antarctic Specially Protected Area ASPA 126 Byers Peninsula
Fragment of
George Powell 's 1822 chart of the
South Shetland Islands and
South Orkney Islands featuring South Beaches (as 'South Beach')
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island
South Beaches are the beaches extending along the south side of
Byers Peninsula ,
Livingston Island in the
South Shetland Islands ,
Antarctica between
Devils Point to the west and
Rish Point to the east. The beaches were visited by 19th century
sealers .
The feature was descriptively named, with the name 'South Beach' appearing on early mapping by Captain
Robert Fildes and Captain
George Powell in 1821 and 1822 respectively.
Location
The beaches are centred at
62°39′29.8″S 61°03′24.5″W / 62.658278°S 61.056806°W / -62.658278; -61.056806 (British mapping in 1968, detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).
Maps
Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c. from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822.
Península Byers, Isla Livingston. Mapa topográfico a escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1992. (Map image on p. 55 of the linked study)
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
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
L.L. Ivanov.
Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island . Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017.
ISBN
978-619-90008-3-0
References
This article incorporates
public domain material from
"South Beaches (Livingston Island)" .
Geographic Names Information System .
United States Geological Survey .