Half Moon Beach

Location of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands

Half Moon Beach is a small crescent-shaped beach lying 1 nautical mile (2 km) south-east of Scarborough Castle on the north coast of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. The beach lieas at the western extremity of Porlier Bay in the north of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula.

History

The descriptive name was recorded by Robert Fildes, who had sealers working here in 1820–21 and 1821–22.^[1] Wreckage of the Spanish ship San Telmo that sank off the island in 1819 was subsequently found on the beach.

Historic site

A cairn at the beach, along with a plaque on ‘Cerro Gaviota’ opposite San Telmo Island, commemorates the officers, soldiers and seamen aboard the San Telmo, who were possibly the first people to live and die in Antarctica. It has been designated a Historic Site or Monument San Telmo Cairn (HSM 59), following a proposal by Chile, Spain and Peru to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting.^[2]

Maps

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

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, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)

References

↑ "Half Moon Beach". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
↑ "List of Historic Sites and Monuments approved by the ATCM (2012)" (PDF). Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2012. Retrieved 2014-01-04.

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Half Moon Beach" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

Historic Sites and Monuments in Antarctica

South Pole	South Pole

Coats Land	Belgrano II Station

Queen Maud Land	Dakshin Gangotri Humboldt Mountains Schirmacher Oasis Showa Station

Enderby Land	Proclamation Island

Kemp Land	Pole of Inaccessibility

Mac. Robertson Land	Cape Bruce

Princess Elizabeth Land	Tryne Islands Vostok Station Walkabout Rocks

Queen Mary Land	Buromskiy Island Mirny Station

Wilkes Land	A.B. Dobrowolski Station

Adélie Land	Débarquement Rock Petrel Island Port Martin

George V Land	Cape Denison

Victoria Land	Cape Adare Cape Geology Cape Wadworth Foyn Island Hells Gate Moraine Inexpressible Island Mount Dockery

Ross Sea	Cape Crozier Cape Evans Cape Royds Discovery Hut Hut Point Peninsula Lewis Bay McMurdo Station Mount Betty Mount Erebus Observation Hill Scott Base Scott's Hut

Edward VII Land	Scott Nunataks

Graham Land	Bernardo O'Higgins Station Damoy Point Detaille Island Esperanza Station Hope Bay Horseshoe Island Lambda Island Megalestris Hill Metchnikoff Point Paradise Harbor Paulet Island Port Charcot Port Lockroy San Martin Station Seymour Island Snow Hill Island Stonington Island Waterboat Point Winter Island

South Shetlands	Antarctic Treaty Monument Arturo Prat Station Great Wall Station Half Moon Beach Henryk Arctowski Station Lame Dog Hut Maxwell Bay Pendulum Cove Point Wild Potter Cove Whalers Bay Yankee Harbour

South Orkneys	Scotia Bay

Coordinates: 62°28′49″S 60°46′40″W / 62.48028°S 60.77778°W / -62.48028; -60.77778

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