Belomortsi Point

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[]

Belomortsi Point is located at

62°28′59″S 60°48′30″W / 62.48306°S 60.80833°W / -62.48306; -60.80833Coordinates: 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.

Maps[]

• L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

References[]

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
• Belomortsi Point. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

External links[]

• Belomortsi Point. Copernix satellite image

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