Camp Byers

Camp Byers
Antarctic camp
Location of Camp Byers in Antarctica
Camp Byers
Location of Camp Byers in Antarctica
Coordinates: 62°39′49″S 61°05′58″W / 62.663652°S 61.099339°W / -62.663652; -61.099339Coordinates: 62°39′49″S 61°05′58″W / 62.663652°S 61.099339°W / -62.663652; -61.099339
Country  Spain
Location in Antarctica Livingston Island
South Shetland Islands
Antarctica
Administered by Spanish National Research Council
Established 2001 (2001)
Population
 • Total
  • Up to 12
Type Seasonal
Period Summer
Status Operational
Location of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Livingston Island with the bases and base camps on the island.

Camp Byers (Spanish: Campamento Byers) is a Spanish seasonal base camp on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

Location

The encampment is located at 62°39′46″S 61°06′00″W / 62.66278°S 61.10000°W / -62.66278; -61.10000 which is 1.2 km north-northwest of Nikopol Point, 1.04 km northeast of Sealer Hill, 3.13 km south by west of Chester Cone and 4.38 km west of Dometa Point (detailed Spanish mapping of the area in 1992, Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).

See also

Maps

  • Península Byers, Isla Livingston. Mapa topográfico a escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1992.
  • L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
  • L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
  • L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0

References

  • Juan José Durán, Ana Justel Eusebio. La Península Byers: La vida en el Campamento Byers (III). Terralia, Nº 48, 2005, pags. 80-91. ISSN 1138-6223 (in Spanish)
  • Ivanov, L. General Geography and History of Livingston Island. In: Bulgarian Antarctic Research: A Synthesis. Eds. C. Pimpirev and N. Chipev. Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2015. pp. 17-28. ISBN 978-954-07-3939-7


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