Arkutino Beach
| Arkutino Beach | ||
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 Arkutino Beach with the Veleka Ridge towering behind it (left: Charity Glacier ) |
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| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | False Bay | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ S , 60 ° 19 ′ 44 ″ W | |
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| 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 .
Web links
- Arkutino Beach in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)