Belomortsi Point
| Belomortsi Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 29 ′ S , 60 ° 48 ′ W | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| coast | Gerlovo Beach | |
| Waters | Shirreff Cove | |
| length | 140 m | |
The Belomortsi Point (English; Bulgarian нос Беломорци nos Belomorzi ) is a 140 m long and low headland on the north coast of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 1.2 km northeast of Mercury Bluff , 0.85 km southeast of San Telmo Island and 2.3 km south of the northwest end of Cape Shirreff on Gerlovo Beach at the northwest end of the John Paul II Peninsula .
Bulgarian scientists mapped it in 2005, 2009 and 2017. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2017 after the town of Belomorzi in northeastern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Belomortsi Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)