South Beaches (Livingston Island)

Location of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

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; -61.056806Coordinates: 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

Península Byers, Isla Livingston. Mapa topográfico a escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1992.
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

References

SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "South Beaches (Livingston Island)" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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