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Beach in Antarctica For other uses, see Half Moon Bay (disambiguation) and Half Moon Beach, Gokarna.

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. 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.

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, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
"Cape Shirreff and San Telmo Island, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands" (PDF). Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 149: Measure 2, Annex H. Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2005. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
"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 "Half Moon Beach". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

Cliffs surrounding and the entrance to Half Moon Beach

v t e 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 research station
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 Shackleton's Hut 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
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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
Stonington Island	East Base

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

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