John Beach, Livingston Island
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John Beach is a beach at the west side of the entrance to Walker Bay
on the south coast of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands
. Ice-free area ca. 109 hectares (269.3 acre).
At first the beach was roughly charted and named ‘Black Point’ by Robert Fildes in 1820-22, however as there was already a Black Point on Livingston Island, this name was rejected and a new one substituted by the UK-APC in 1958. John Beach is named after the brig John (Capt. John Walker) of London, which was sealing in the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21 and 1821-22.
Walker Bay, Livingston Island
Walker Bay is a bay lying between John Beach and Hannah Point along the south coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
on the south coast of 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...
. Ice-free area ca. 109 hectares (269.3 acre).
At first the beach was roughly charted and named ‘Black Point’ by Robert Fildes in 1820-22, however as there was already a Black Point on Livingston Island, this name was rejected and a new one substituted by the UK-APC in 1958. John Beach is named after the brig John (Capt. John Walker) of London, which was sealing in the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21 and 1821-22.
Map
- 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.