This page presents the geographical name data for
Paul Beach in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division
Feature Name
(see definition):
Paul Beach
Feature Class
(see definition):
Beach
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
11448
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
54° 04' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
037° 24' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-54.0666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-37.4
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1963
Description
(see definition):
A shingle beach at the W end of Ample Bay, in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. The beach is 0.55 mi long, tussock-covered at the higher levels, and is backed by 35-m cliffs. It is bounded to the E by Grace Glacier and to the W by cliffs which extend E from Markham Point. The beach was occupied for biological work in 1953-54 by two members of Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) after the Southern Paul, a buoy-boat of the Salvesen whaling fleet based at Leith Harbor, which transported the field party to the Bay of Isles and assisted on other occasions.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
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No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Paul Beach in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of
Paul Beach information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Paul Beach should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.