Elysian Beach
Elysian Beach is the ice-free 2 km long beach on the east side of Byewater Point on the northwest coast of Snow [Island (South Shetland Islands)|Snow Island] in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
The feature is named after the Elysian Fields, part of the underworld in Greek mythology.
Location
Elysian Beach is centred at, which is 6.25 km west-southwest of Irnik Point. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.Maps
- L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010.
- L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017.
- Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated