Half Moon Beach, Livingston Island

Half Moon Beach, Livingston Island

Half Moon Beach (coord|62|29|S|60|47|W|) is a small beach lying 1 mi southeast of Scarborough Castle on the north coast of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. This descriptive name was recorded by Robert Fildes, who had sealers working here in 1820-21 and 1821-22.

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* L.L. Ivanov et al, (from English Strait to Morton Strait, with illustrations and ice-cover distribution), 1:100000 scale topographic map, Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, Sofia, 2005


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