Linus Beach

Linus Beach (, ) is the ice-free 2 km long beach on the east side of Cape Timblón, Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is part of the south coast of Morton Strait. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

The feature is named after the mythical musician and poet Linus of Thrace, brother of Orpheus.

Location

Linus Beach is centred at , which is 1.5 km west of Gostun Point and 1.6 km east of Mezdra Point. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.

Maps

• L. Ivanov. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. (First edition 2009. )
• L. Ivanov. . Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

Notes

References

• Linus Beach. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

• Linus Beach. Adjusted Copernix satellite image