Camp Byers is a
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seasonal base camp on
Byers PeninsulaByers Peninsula is a mainly ice-free peninsula forming the west end of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. It occupies , and includes the small freshwater Basalt Lake. The area was visited by early 19th century American and British sealers who came almost exclusively from New England,...
, Livingston Island in the
South Shetland IslandsThe South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...
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Antarctica. The area was visited by early 19th century
sealersSeal hunting, or sealing, is the personal or commercial hunting of seals. The hunt is currently practiced in five countries: Canada, where most of the world's seal hunting takes place, Namibia, the Danish region of Greenland, Norway and Russia...
.
Location
The encampment is located at 62°39′46"S 61°06′00"W which is 1.2 km north-northwest of
Nikopol PointNikopol Point is a snow-free point on the south coast of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica projecting 650 m into Bransfield Strait and linked by a spit to Vietor Rock to the south...
, 1.04 km northeast of
Sealer HillSealer Hill is a hill rising to 91 m in the southwest part of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surmounting Nikopol Point and Sevar Point to the east-southeast and west-southwest respectively...
, 3.13 km south by west of
Chester ConeChester Cone is the ice-free peak rising to 188 m in the central part of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica surmounting Midge Lake to the northwest....
and 4.38 km west of
Dometa PointDometa Point is a point on the south coast of Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated 4.3 km west-northwest of Rish Point, 1.2 km southwest of Negro Hill, 4.6 km southeast of Chester Cone, and 4.2 km east-northeast of Nikopol...
(detailed Spanish mapping of the area in 1992, Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).
See also
- Byers Peninsula
Byers Peninsula is a mainly ice-free peninsula forming the west end of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. It occupies , and includes the small freshwater Basalt Lake. The area was visited by early 19th century American and British sealers who came almost exclusively from New England,...
- Livingston Island
- Juan Carlos I Base
Juan Carlos I Antarctic Base, named after the king of Spain, Juan Carlos I, is a seasonal scientific station operated by Spain, opened in January 1988...
- Antarctic field camps
Maps
Reference
- 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