Arkutino Beach

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Arkutino Beach
Arkutino Beach with the Veleka Ridge towering behind it (left: Charity Glacier)

Arkutino Beach with the Veleka Ridge towering behind it (left: Charity Glacier )

location Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands
Waters False Bay
Geographical location 62 ° 45 ′ 0 ″  S , 60 ° 19 ′ 44 ″  W Coordinates: 62 ° 45 ′ 0 ″  S , 60 ° 19 ′ 44 ″  W
Arkutino Beach (South Shetland Islands)
Arkutino Beach
length 1.8 km

The Arkutino Beach (English; Bulgarian бряг Аркутино brjag Arkutino ) is a 1.8 km long and in the Antarctic summer snow-free beach in the southeast of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located on the east bank of False Bay . It is bounded to the north by the Charity Glacier , to the south by Barnard Point and to the east by the Veleka Ridge .

The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2005 after the Arkutino lagoon in southeastern Bulgaria .

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