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Belomortsi Point

Coordinates: 62°28′59″S 60°48′30″W / 62.48306°S 60.80833°W / -62.48306; -60.80833
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Belomortsi Point (Bulgarian: нос Беломорци, ‘Nos Belomortsi’ \'nos be-lo-'mor-tsi\) is the sharp and low ice-free point projecting 140 m northwestwards from Gerlovo Beach on Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula, Livingston Island in Antarctica. The feature is named after the settlement of Belomortsi in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

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Belomortsi Point is located at 62°28′59″S 60°48′30″W / 62.48306°S 60.80833°W / -62.48306; -60.80833, which is 1.2 km northeast of Mercury Bluff, 850 m southeast of San Telmo Island and 2.3 km south of the northwest extremity of Cape Shirreff. British mapping in 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005, 2009 and 2017.

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