Mikre Beach
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Mikre Beach is the beach extending 2.2 km on the southeast coast of Snow Island
in the South Shetland Islands
, Antarctica. It is bounded by Cape Conway
to the southwest, the island’s ice cap
to the northwest and Pazardzhik Point
to the northeast, and is snow-free in summer.
The beach is named after the settlement of Mikre in Northern Bulgaria.
Snow Island (South Shetland Islands)
Snow Island or Isla Nevada is a completely ice-covered island, in size, lying southwest of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Surface area...
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. It is bounded by Cape Conway
Cape Conway
Cape Conway is the rounded low and ice-free tipped cape forming the south extremity of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is a south entrance point for Boyd Strait. Tooth Rock rising to and lying to the south is the largest in a group of rocks extending from the cape...
to the southwest, the island’s ice cap
Ice cap
An ice cap is an ice mass that covers less than 50 000 km² of land area . Masses of ice covering more than 50 000 km² are termed an ice sheet....
to the northwest and Pazardzhik Point
Pazardzhik Point
Pazardzhik Point is a point on the southeast coast of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated 2.1 km east-northeast of Cape Conway and 9.9 km southwest of Hall Peninsula. Snow-free in summer....
to the northeast, and is snow-free in summer.
The beach is named after the settlement of Mikre in Northern Bulgaria.
Location
Mikre Beach is located at 62°50′15"S 61°24′30"W. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.Maps
- 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 (Updated second edition 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5)
