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

Elysian Beach (Bulgarian: Елисейски бряг, romanized: Eliseyski 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

  • L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)
  • L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

Notes

  1. 1 2 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.


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