Gerlovo Beach


Gerlovo Beach is a beach extending 2 km on the northwest coast of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It stretches both south and northeast of Mercury Bluff, facing San Telmo Island to the north by west, and featuring Belomortsi Point in its northern part. Snow-free in summer, with area ca.. The beach is part of Antarctic Specially Protected Area ASPA 149 Cape Shirreff and San Telmo Island. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
The beach is named after the Gerlovo region in northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Gerlovo Beach is centred at. British mapping in 1822 and 1968, Spanish in 1991 and Bulgarian in 2009 and 2017.

Maps