Dragon Beach
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Dragon Beach is a broad gravel and bounder strewn area flanking Dragon Cove
, and extending up to about 10 m above sea level. To the north it ascends to the Williams Point
platform, to the south it is bounded by an ice ramp, and rises to the west onto the flank of Gargoyle Bastion
. The feature is a major source of petrified wood, which is abundantly strewn over this area and has been exposed by weathering from an underlying, poorly exposed volcanic ignimbrite deposit. Named after Dragon Cove which was named following air photography by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) and ground survey by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1956–58, after the brig Dragon (Captain A. McFarlane) of Liverpool, which visited the South Shetland Islands
and north Graham Land
, 1820-21.
Dragon Cove
Dragon Cove is a 550 m wide cove indenting for 600 m the northeast coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica entered between Sigritsa Point and Ficheto Point. Surmounted by Sayer Nunatak on the southwest...
, and extending up to about 10 m above sea level. To the north it ascends to the Williams Point
Williams Point
Williams Point is the point forming both the north extremity of Varna Peninsula and the northeast tip of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
platform, to the south it is bounded by an ice ramp, and rises to the west onto the flank of Gargoyle Bastion
Gargoyle Bastion
Gargoyle Bastion is a rocky headland rising to 60 m on the northwest coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and forming the south side of the entrance to Hydra Cove and the northeast side of the entrance to Griffin Cove...
. The feature is a major source of petrified wood, which is abundantly strewn over this area and has been exposed by weathering from an underlying, poorly exposed volcanic ignimbrite deposit. Named after Dragon Cove which was named following air photography by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) and ground survey by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1956–58, after the brig Dragon (Captain A. McFarlane) of Liverpool, which visited 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...
and north Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
, 1820-21.