Sealers Beach

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Sealers Beach
location Heard ( Heard and McDonald Islands )
Waters Indian Ocean
Geographical location 53 ° 8 '2 "  S , 73 ° 43' 35"  O Coordinates: 53 ° 8 '2 "  S , 73 ° 43' 35"  O
Sealers Beach (Heard and McDonald Islands)
Sealers Beach

The Sealers Beach ( English for seal catcher beach ) is a beach on the island of Heard in the southern Indian Ocean . It is northeast of Doppler Hill and southwest of Scholes Lagoon .

Australian scientists named it after the sealers who had operated in the waters around Heard since the 1850s.

Web links

  • Sealers Beach in the directory of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)