Location of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands
Topographic map of Livingston, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands

Elysian Beach (Bulgarian: Елисейски бряг, romanizedEliseyski bryag, IPA: [ɛliˈsɛjski ˈbrʲak]) is the ice-free 2 km long beach on the east side of Byewater Point on the northwest coast of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.[1] The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.[2]

The feature is named after the Elysian Fields, part of the underworld in Greek mythology.[1]

Location

Elysian Beach is centred at 62°45′05″S 61°29′00″W / 62.75139°S 61.48333°W / -62.75139; -61.48333, which is 6.25 km west-southwest of Irnik Point. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.

Maps

Notes

  1. ^ a b Elysian Beach. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
  2. ^ L. Ivanov. General Geography and History of Livingston Island. In: Bulgarian Antarctic Research: A Synthesis. Eds. C. Pimpirev and N. Chipev. Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2015. pp. 17–28.

References

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.