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Liverpool Beach ( bg, Ливърпулски бряг, Livarpulski bryag, ) is the crescent-shaped beach extending 1.8 km on the east side of Walker Bay on the south coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is situated on the west side of the small ice-free promontory ending in Hannah Point, and bounded by Hannah Point to the west, Ustra Peak to the northeast and the glacier terminus, terminus of Verila Glacier to the north. The picturesque beach is one of the most popular tourist sites in Antarctica, frequented by cruise ships. It is also accessible by Zodiac boats from the St. Kliment Ohridski Base, Bulgarian base and the Juan Carlos I Antarctic Base, Spanish base on the island situated 12 km to the east and 11 km to the east-southeast respectively.
The beach is named after the UK, British city of Liverpool, the home port of many 19th century seal hunting, sealing ships operating in the South Shetlands including the sealer Hannah Point, ''Hannah'' after which the adjacent point is named.
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. :commons:File:Livingston-Island-Map-2010-15.png, Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017.
Liverpool Beach.
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.
Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)
Liverpool Beach.
Copernix satellite image Beaches of Livingston Island Bulgaria and the Antarctic Tourism in Antarctica {{LivingstonIsland-geo-stub
Liverpool Beach ( bg, Ливърпулски бряг, Livarpulski bryag, ) is the crescent-shaped beach extending 1.8 km on the east side of Walker Bay on the south coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is situated on the west side of the small ice-free promontory ending in Hannah Point, and bounded by Hannah Point to the west, Ustra Peak to the northeast and the glacier terminus, terminus of Verila Glacier to the north. The picturesque beach is one of the most popular tourist sites in Antarctica, frequented by cruise ships. It is also accessible by Zodiac boats from the St. Kliment Ohridski Base, Bulgarian base and the Juan Carlos I Antarctic Base, Spanish base on the island situated 12 km to the east and 11 km to the east-southeast respectively.
The beach is named after the UK, British city of Liverpool, the home port of many 19th century seal hunting, sealing ships operating in the South Shetlands including the sealer Hannah Point, ''Hannah'' after which the adjacent point is named.
Location
Liverpool Beach is centred at . British mapping in 1821, 1962 and 1968, Argentine in 1959 and 1980, Chilean in 1971, Spanish in 1991, and Bulgarian in 2005, 2009 and 2017.Maps
* L.L. Ivanov. :commons:File:Livingston-Island-Map-2010.jpg, Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. (First edition 2009. )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. :commons:File:Livingston-Island-Map-2010-15.png, Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017.
References
Liverpool Beach.
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.
Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)
External links
Liverpool Beach.
Copernix satellite image Beaches of Livingston Island Bulgaria and the Antarctic Tourism in Antarctica {{LivingstonIsland-geo-stub