Paul Beach, Coastal stretch in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Southern Atlantic Ocean.
Paul Beach is a shingle beach about 1 km long at the western end of Ample Bay, in the Bay of Isles on the north coast of South Georgia. Its upper levels are covered with tussock grass, and it is backed by 35 m cliffs running east from Markham Point. Grace Glacier flows into the bay just east of the beach.
Two Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey members occupied Paul Beach for biological research from 1953 to 1954. The survey named the beach after the Southern Paul, a Salvesen & Company whaling vessel from Leith Harbour that had carried the scientists into the Bay of Isles and served other FIDS operations. The beach lies just inside Markham Point, named on a 1912 chart by J. Innes Wilson.
The name comes from the Southern Paul, the buoy-boat of the whaling company Salvesen & Company at Leith Harbour, which carried two Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey scientists to the bay. They stayed from 1953 to 1954 to carry out biological research, and the survey named the beach after their vessel.
Access is only possible aboard authorized expedition vessels during Southern Hemisphere summer from November to March, when sea ice clears. Visitors should bring heavy waterproof gear and expect sudden weather changes, as the shore is fully exposed to the elements.
Two Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey scientists occupied Paul Beach from 1953 to 1954 for biological research, and the survey named the beach after the Southern Paul, the Salvesen & Company whaling vessel from Leith Harbour that ferried them into the Bay of Isles.
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