Pimpirev Beach
| Pimpirev Beach | ||
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 View from Lyaskovets Peak across South Bay to Pimpirev Beach |
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| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | South Bay | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 37 ′ 11 " S , 60 ° 24 ′ 50" W | |
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| length | 6.5 km | |
| width | 250 m | |
The Pimpirev Beach (English; Bulgarian Пимпирев бряг Pimpirew brjag ) is a 6.5 m long and fringe-like beach on the northwest shore of South Bay in the south of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It extends from Ereby Point in the southwest to the northern section of an ice cave -shaped side bay of South Bay 5.8 km east-northeast of Ereby Point and 1.45 km northwest of Aleko Rock . Inland, the beach , which is up to 250 m wide, is bordered by the Pimpirew glacier . The Smolyan Point 1.9 kilometers northeast of the Ereby Point is a part of the beach.
Spanish scientists mapped it in 1991, the Bulgarian in 1996. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2004 based on the neighboring Pimpirew Glacier. This is named after the Bulgarian geologist Christo Pimpirew (* 1953), participant in the first Bulgarian Antarctic expedition (1987–1988) and leader of other campaigns.
Web links
- Pimpirev Beach in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)