Half Moon Beach, Livingston Island
Encyclopedia
Half Moon Beach is the 1 km crescent-shaped beach at the west extremity of Porlier Bay
in the north of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula
, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
, Antarctica. Wreckage of the Spanish
ship San Telmo
that sunk off the island in 1819 was found subsequently on this beach.
The feature's name is descriptive, first recorded by Captain Robert Fildes who had sealers working here in 1820-21 and 1821-22.
Porlier Bay
Porlier Bay is the 3 km wide bay indenting for 1.6 km the north coast of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Entered between Punta del Medio and Black Point...
in the north of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula
Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula
Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula is an ice-covered peninsula on the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica that is bounded by Hero Bay to the east and Barclay Bay to the west. It extends 13 km in length in north-south direction and is 8 km wide...
, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...
, Antarctica. Wreckage of the Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
ship San Telmo
San Telmo (ship)
San Telmo was a Spanish 74-gun ship of the line, launched in 1788.In 1819 the San Telmo commanded by Captain Rosendo Porlier was the flagship of a Spanish naval squadron bound for Callao to reinforce colonial forces there fighting the independence movements in Spanish America...
that sunk off the island in 1819 was found subsequently on this beach.
The feature's name is descriptive, first recorded by Captain Robert Fildes who had sealers working here in 1820-21 and 1821-22.
Maps
- 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
