Half Moon Beach

{{other uses|Half Moon Bay (disambiguation)|Half Moon Beach, Gokarna}}

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Half Moon Beach is a small crescent-shaped beach lying {{convert|1|nmi|km|0}} south-east of Scarborough Castle on the north coast of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. The beach lies 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.{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 6233| name = Half Moon Beach | access-date = 2012-05-16}} Wreckage of the Spanish ship San Telmo that sank off the island in 1819 was subsequently found on the beach.{{cite web |url= http://www.ats.aq/documents/recatt/Att275_e.pdf|title= Cape Shirreff and San Telmo Island, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands |access-date=2013-10-02 |work=Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 149: Measure 2, Annex H|publisher=Antarctic Treaty Secretariat |year=2005}}

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.{{cite web |url= http://www.ats.aq/documents/ATCM35/WW/atcm35_ww003_e.pdf|title= List of Historic Sites and Monuments approved by the ATCM (2012)|access-date=2014-01-04 |publisher=Antarctic Treaty Secretariat |year=2012}}

Maps

File:Livingston-Island-Map-2010.jpg

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

[http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/ SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer].

Cliffs surrounding and the entrance to Half Moon Beach [https://aroundtheworldtravels.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Half-moon-entrance.jpg]

Category:Beaches of Livingston Island

Category:Historic Sites and Monuments of Antarctica

Category:Spain and the Antarctic