Slavyanka Beach

Slavyanka Beach (Bulgarian: бряг Славянка, romanized: bryag Slavyanka, IPA: [ˈbrʲak sɫɐˈvʲaŋkɐ]) is the mostly ice-free 2.2 km long beach forming the southwest coast of Gurkovska Cove in eastern Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands in Antarctica.

It is bounded by Walker Point on the southeast and the terminus of Stadium Glacier on the northwest.

The beach is “named after the fish canning plant Slavyanka in Burgas, Bulgaria that processed Antarctic fish supplied by fishing vessels of the company Ocean Fisheries – Burgas whose ships operated in the waters of South Georgia, Kerguelen, the South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula from 1970 to the early 1990s.

The Bulgarian fishermen, along with those of the Soviet Union, Poland and East Germany are the pioneers of modern Antarctic fishing industry.”[1] Slavyanka Beach is centred at 61°08′05″S 54°42′40″W / 61.13472°S 54.71111°W / -61.13472; -54.71111.

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.