Robbery Beaches

Robbery Beaches

Robbery Beaches (coord|62|37|S|61|05|W|) are beaches extending along the north side of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. The name ‘Robbery Beach’ was used by James Weddell in 1820-23. It arose from the English robbery of sealskins collected by the American brig "Charity" (Capt. Charles H. Barnard) of New York in January 1821. There was fierce competition between British and American sealers in the area during the early 1820s.

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* L.L. Ivanov et al, (from English Strait to Morton Strait, with illustrations and ice-cover distribution), 1:100000 scale topographic map, Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, Sofia, 2005


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