Yamana Beach
Yamana Beach (Spanish: Playa Yamana is an ice-free beach extending ca. 500 m (550 yd) on the west coast of Cape Shirreff in the north extremity of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula, Livingston Island in Antarctica. It is surmounted by Toqui Hill on the east. The beach is part of Antarctic Specially Protected Area ASPA 149 Cape Shirreff and San Telmo Island.[1] The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
Location of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
Topographic map of Livingston Island
The name was given by scientific personnel of the Chilean Antarctic Institute in 1985, in connection with the discovery of the skull of a young indigenous Yamana woman.[2]
Location
Yamana Beach is centred at 62°28′08″S 60°47′53″W. Chilean mapping in 2004, Bulgarian in 2017.
Maps
- Map 3. Cape Shirreff, ASPA No. 149. Instituto Antártico Chileno, April 2004
- L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
Sources
- Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 149 Cape Shirreff and San Telmo Island. Measure 2 (2005), Annex H, ATCM XXVIII Final Report. Stockholm, 2005
- Playa Yamana. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
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