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Gerlovo Beach (Bulgarian: Герловски бряг, ‘Gerlovski Bryag’ \'ger-lov-ski 'bryag) is a beach extending 2 km on the northwest coast of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Stretching both south and northeast of Mercury Bluff, and facing San Telmo Island to the north by west. Snow-free in summer, with area ca. 73 hectares (180 acres). 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 62°29′20″S 60°48′55″W. British mapping in 1822 and 1968, Spanish in 1991 and Bulgarian in 2009.
References
Gerlovo Beach Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA