Station P was a British

United Kingdom

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 base camp on the east side of Hannah Point

Hannah Point

Hannah Point is a point on the south coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It forms the east side of the entrance to Walker Bay and the west side of the entrance to South Bay. Surmounted by Ustra Peak to the north, with Liverpool Beach extending between the peak and...

, 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 that supported survey, geology and biology field work from 29 December 1957 until 15 March 1958. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers

Seal hunting

Seal hunting, or sealing, is the personal or commercial hunting of seals. The hunt is currently practiced in five countries: Canada, where most of the world's seal hunting takes place, Namibia, the Danish region of Greenland, Norway and Russia...

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Location

The encampment was located at 62°38′57.5"S 60°35′25"W which is 1.32 km east-northeast of Hannah Point, 1.07 km south-southeast of Ustra Peak

Ustra Peak

Ustra Peak is a rocky peak of 195 m on the coast of Walker Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...

, 1.97 km southwest of Krakra Bluff

Krakra Bluff

Krakra Bluff is a rocky bluff of elevation 140 m surmounting Memorable Beach on the northwest coast of South Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...

, 6.88 km west by south of Ereby Point

Ereby Point

Ereby Point is a point lying 4.5 mi east-northeast of Hannah Point along the north side of South Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The name Erebys Bay was applied to South Bay on a 1825 chart by James Weddell, Ereby Point was applied by the UK-APC in 1961 in...

 and 9.34 km northwest of Salisbury Bluff

Salisbury Bluff

Salisbury Bluff is the point forming the south side of the entrance to Las Palmas Cove in Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and surmounted by a 161 m height...

 (British mapping in 1858, and Bulgarian mapping of the area in 2005 and 2009).

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

Reference

• Livingston Island Station P – History. British Antarctic Survey
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