- Bulgarian Beach
Bulgarian Beach (Balgarsko Kraybrezhie 'b&l-gar-sko krI-'bre-zhi-e) is a coast in eastern
Livingston Island , extending 2.3 km from Hespérides Point to the southwest toPerunika Glacier to the northeast.The beach omprises four predominantly boulder beaches, separated by a shore rock known locally as Greenpeace Rock, which rises to 6m and is located 800 m northeast of Hespérides Point, by Spanish Point and by a minor nameless point lying 400 m to east by northeast of the latter. The last beach is a narrow strip under the cliff of a part of
Perunika Glacier terminating on the coast. Bulgarian Beach is surmounted by a chain of five hills comprisingHesperides Hill , a nameless hill rising to 36m,Sinemorets Hill ,Spanish Knoll andBelozem Hill . In summer the area is predominantly snow-free and crossed by four meltwater streams draining the north-western slope of theBalkan Snowfield , with stream mouths located at the western extremities of each beach. The first beach, locally known as Base Beach, is partly occupied byGrand Lagoon formed byRezovski Creek . Access by dinghies to Base Beach, used for transfer of people and cargo to the Bulgarian base St. Kliment Ohridski, is sometimes rendered difficult by shallow waters.The area would have been known and possibly visited in the early
nineteenth century by English and American sealers frequenting South Bay and particularly the nearby Johnsons Dock. It was mapped in detail by the Spanish Servicio Geográfico del Ejército in1991 following earlier British, Argentine andChile an mappings.Bulgaria n mapping of the St. Kliment Ohridski Base vicinity at a larger scale from a topographic survey made fromJanuary 31 toFebruary 4 ,1996 .Location
The midpoint of the beach is at coord|62|38|12|S|60|21|36|W|. (from a 1995-96 Bulgarian topographic survey)
External links
* [http://www3.pnra.it/SCAR_GAZE SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer] .
* [http://www.mfa.government.bg/uploads/imgs/Livingston/livingston.jpgReference Map]
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